2026-08-28·by Sijie Wang#cybernetics#theory#control-methods

metering

Timing: during. Ration a resource as the executor runs.

  • computer: token/cost budget, rate limit, JCL REGION/TIME, cgroups
  • social: price, quota, a meter

In vibe-linter this is gas on a node, and the fuel token that bounds loops (tdd-net-popper-mechanized): each iteration burns linear fuel; exhaustion = escalation to the human queue. "Architecture follows the tariff" (architecture-follows-the-tariff).

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