I tested claude pro ($20)
Used Opus 5 on MED settings. Forgot to switch to max. I am absolutely amazed. I thought I’d get about 20 minutes. Here’s what I actually got: → 44 minutes of usage → 58% of the 5-hour limit used → 7% of the weekly limit → $25 of API usage → 32
Most AI agents waste 3 seconds and burn $0.10 on "token generation theater" just to make a binary decision.
Here is what is actually happening under the hood: Every time you ask an LLM "Should I execute this tool?", it pushes words through dozens of attention layers,
Now the mental part.
I have been a heavy AI coding user since Opus 4.5, when it finally could perform coding tasks on par with me. But writing prompts is one thing; validating results, figuring out what to do next, checking prod/staging, and talking to colleagues is another. For
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