The Token Tax: Why GenAI Billing Makes Minimalist Architecture Mandatory

The Token Tax: Why GenAI Billing Makes Minimalist Architecture Mandatory In my previous piece, Minimalistic Architecture for Minimalistic Product , I argued that the primary goal of startup architecture is to provide a simple, scalable solution with minimum maintenance. At the time, the driver was human scarcity—minimizing the cognitive load on a small team. Today, the landscape has shifted. We are moving from "Vibe Coding" to Spec-Driven Development (SDD) . But there is a new, pragmatic reason