And I keep thinking who can AFFORD to pay per token? I did a simple test - three small files and a prompt was nearly 10k tokens. Compared to my actual code base, where I use 5.2/sonnet to parse huge chunks of my code...I'd be burning hundreds of dollars per day if i was doing it per token rather than copilot - let alone the huge agent sessions where I use Opus and it has 50+ back and forward attempts.
Please note I do actually read every line of code these reckless hacks generate haha.
> +1. I see all these posts about tokens, and I'm like "who's paying by the token?"
When you use the API
Yes. That is the question.
And I keep thinking who can AFFORD to pay per token? I did a simple test - three small files and a prompt was nearly 10k tokens. Compared to my actual code base, where I use 5.2/sonnet to parse huge chunks of my code...I'd be burning hundreds of dollars per day if i was doing it per token rather than copilot - let alone the huge agent sessions where I use Opus and it has 50+ back and forward attempts.
Please note I do actually read every line of code these reckless hacks generate haha.
Anthropic pushes you to use the API for anything "third party", such as running OpenClaw
Most LLM usage?
There’s some exceptions eg Claude Max
yes, and VS code as mentioned above. That's kind of the joke.