Wait, if it burns through a $200/mo allotment that fast, what are all these people who “barely wrote code anymore” doing?

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input_sh 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You hit a vague, never-quite-explained 5h window limit that has nothing to do with what you're doing, but with what every user is doing together. It's totally not downtime, you're just "using it too much" and they're telling you to fuck off until the overall usage slows down.

The order of priority is: everyone using the API (you don't want to calculate the price) → everyone on a $200/month plan → everyone on a $20/month plan → every free user.

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00deadbeef 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah it's way too vague.

This morning: (new chat) 42 seconds of thinking, 20 lines of code changed in 4 files = 5% usage

Last night: 25 minutes of thinking, 150 lines of code generated in 10 new files = 7% usage

	▲	exclipy 17 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I think the first message consumes disproportionately much percentage because it's not cached and includes the system prompt, tools, etc.

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8note 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

you can just watch the limit on the claude usage settings view.

itd be nice to know how much the session context window applies wrt token caching, but disabling all those skills and stopping sending a screenshot every couple messages gets that 5hour limit and weekly limit a bunch better

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huflungdung 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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heavyset_go 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> what are all these people who “barely wrote code anymore” doing?

Writing self-serving LinkedIn productivity porn

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7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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smcleod 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It hasn't always done this, it's a relatively recent problem in the last 1-4 weeks (roughly). (note: I'm on the $160AUD/mo plan, so I think that's $100USD).