Burn, Baby, Burn
Shares rank 59 of 86 privilege escalation tools by recommenders
A free CLI tool that burns AI tokens, praised as hilarious and fully functional. One critic notes it is vibe-coded, so ownership is unclear.
A free CLI tool that burns AI tokens, praised as hilarious and fully functional. One critic notes it is vibe-coded, so ownership is unclear.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Seen as hilarious and clever
“This is hilarious and utter genius.”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage–so they're making up tasks” Works as described
“this project is 100% functional”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Show HN: Burn, baby, burn (those tokens)” Useful for some people
“who could really benefit from this”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage–so they're making up tasks”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Vibe-coded, so ownership unclear
“it's all vibe-coded so who really knows who owns it?”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Amazon workers under pressure to up their AI usage–so they're making up tasks”
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See all 86 privilege escalation tools, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's all vibe-coded so who really knows who owns it?”
“This is hilarious and utter genius.”
“you might like my new CLI tool, Burn, Baby, Burn (those tokens)”
“who could really benefit from this”
“this project is 100% functional”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.