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Gergely Orosz quote, Sep 15, 2026

Author, The Pragmatic Engineer · Sep 15, 2026 · Post, Inside OpenAI’s agentic software factory

It’s rare to work with an unlimited token budget, but at OpenAI, that’s what all engineers, researchers, finance colleagues, and marketing folks do.

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Gergely Orosz, Author, The Pragmatic Engineer
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Inside OpenAI’s agentic software factory
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