What is burn-baby-burn?

Burn baby burn is a joke tool that does exactly one thing: it burns through AI tokens from Claude Code or Codex on purpose, with no real work behind it. The README is written as satire, poking fun at how some teams treat high AI usage numbers as a sign of productivity. You install it with a single command that downloads a script into your local bin folder, no admin rights needed. It requires that you already have Claude Code or Codex set up and logged in on your computer, along with a small command line tool called jq. Once installed, you run a single command like burn 50000 to burn fifty thousand tokens, and you can pick a specific AI model or switch between the Claude and Codex backends. The README lists its features as things like making your usage numbers look impressive to a manager, topping an internal usage leaderboard, or padding out quarterly goals, all framed as jokes rather than real business value. It also includes fake customer quotes from a CEO, an investor, and the user themselves, clearly written for comic effect rather than as genuine testimonials. There is a mention of a fictional paid enterprise version with a faster burn rate and extra account controls, again in the same joking tone. The project uses the MIT license, though the README itself jokes that since it was built with AI assistance, ownership is unclear. In short, this is a small shell script wrapped in comedic writing about the phenomenon of inflating AI token usage statistics rather than a tool meant for genuine productivity gains.