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Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent

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152 points GavinAnderegg | 1 comments | 01 Jul 25 12:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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jbentley1 ◴[03 Jul 25 17:02 UTC] No.44457091[source]▶
My Claude Code usage would have been $24k last month if I didn't have a max plan, at least according to Claude-Monitor.

I've been using a tool I developed (https://github.com/stravu/crystal) to run several sessions in parallel. Sometimes I will run the same prompt multiple times and pick the winner, or sometimes I'll be working on multiple features at once, reviewing and testing one while waiting on the others.

Basically, with the right tooling you can burn tokens incredibly fast while still receiving a ton of value from them.

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1. BiteCode_dev ◴[03 Jul 25 17:51 UTC] No.44457540[source]▶
There is no way those companies don't loose ton of money on max plans.

I use and abuse mine, running multiple agents, and I know that I'd spend the entire month of fees in a few days otherwise.

So it seems like a ploy to improve their product and capture the market, like usual with startups that hope for a winner-takes-all.

And then, like uber or airbnb, the bait and switch will raise the prices eventually.

I'm wondering when the hammer will fall.

But meanwhile, let's enjoy the free buffet.