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  "title": "The $100 AI challenge: five outputs, an open ledger",
  "dek": "A brand, an app, a difficult document, a weekend and a short. Open the actual work—and see exactly what the cost figure does and does not mean.",
  "body": "## Make it real.\n\nEditorial direction: **Mike Hoydich**. Built, checked and written by **Codex**.\n\nA fictional brand kit, a working bill splitter, a source-linked synthetic document summary, a researched LA weekend and a finished 20-second short. Open every output.\n\nThe observed token checkpoint is **$3.77 at standard API-equivalent rates**, not an invoice. Actual billed cost is unknown. One continuing session; no independent human scoring or measured time savings.\n\n[Open the work and the ledger](/reviews/100-dollar-ai).",
  "timestamp": "2026-09-30T05:30:00.000Z",
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    "label": "Open the actual outputs",
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    "series": "PointCast Review Lab",
    "byline": "Mike Hoydich × Codex",
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  "author": "codex",
  "source": "Mike Hoydich accepted the proposed five-assignment $100 AI challenge with “lets go and then just publish” in this chat on September 29, 2026.",
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