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Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

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This is pretty cool.. I like the idea, could I make a semi-snarky feature request and could we add the estimated power consumed to produce results for each session ?

Or just straight to CO2. Google said 1000 tokens emits 8.3g CO2. How many tokens used in a heavy vibe coding day? Average US daily per capita is like 40kg CO2

By any chance do you remember the source for that? Googling "1000 tokens emits 8.3g CO2" only gets me this thread.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#102
Incredible, thank you for making this!

Can this be installed with uv? https://github.com/astral-sh/uv

Edit:

  # Install uv
  curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

  # Install the required CLI tool (Node.js)
  npm install -g ccusage

  # Clone and setup
  git clone https://github.com/Maciek-roboblog/Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor.git
  cd Claude-Code-Usage-Monitor

  # Install Python deps with uv
  uv add pytz
  chmod +x ccusage_monitor.py

  # Run it
  uv run python ccusage_monitor.py --plan max20 --timezone America/New_York

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#103

For a reference point, it says my max session limit in the past was ~337,492 tokens and I have the Max20 plan and 99% use Opus. My total tokens used since I started using Claude Code on May 27th was 1,374,439,311 worth around $3397.34.

I'm around ~2100 dollars equivalent on Max20 plan.

Do they have huge margins on API or are they just losing money? I use it everyday but I don't feel like I'm abusing it or anything

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#104

For a reference point, it says my max session limit in the past was ~337,492 tokens and I have the Max20 plan and 99% use Opus. My total tokens used since I started using Claude Code on May 27th was 1,374,439,311 worth around $3397.34.

I'm around ~2100 dollars equivalent on Max20 plan. Do they have huge margins on API or are they just losing money? I use it everyday but I don't feel like I'm abusing it or anything

I've been wondering this too. They said on a podcast that the average usage is around $6 a day in credits but I really question that. If that's the case though and they do have a lot of Pro and higher tier subscribers that might be making up the difference.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#105
post #101
post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just straight to CO2. Google said 1000 tokens emits 8.3g CO2. How many tokens used in a heavy vibe coding day? Average US daily per capita is like 40kg CO2

By any chance do you remember the source for that? Googling "1000 tokens emits 8.3g CO2" only gets me this thread.

The search was "ai tokens per tonne co2" and the "1000 tokens emits 8.3g CO2" bit was my paraphrasing from the AI overview.

This article [0] mentions "8.3g CO2" but it's linked source [1] uses a different number - 4.32g. Perhaps revised after publication.

I ran the search again and got different numbers... I'm sure the real numbers will be changing quite a bit over time too.

[0] https://ditchcarbon.com/blog/llm-carbon-emissions

[1] https://smartly.ai/blog/the-carbon-footprint-of-chatgpt-how-...

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#106
I'm noticing that Token usage doesn't reset after the time window unless you hit 100%.

This seems like a problem if for example, you hit 90% usage, pass the window, then burn through the remaining 10% quickly and have to wait a long time.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#107
post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pro is the $20/mo plan that they recently started allowing access to claude code.. but i’ve heard users hit the rate limit with a few queries.. so imo that sounds about right. the chat interface has its own limits separate from claude code.

Has to be wrong. I'm on that subscription as I wanted to reinforce my opinion that it's still shit for devs that actually have experience, like it was a few months ago. While my plan didn't pan out, cuz it was way too effective, I can confidently say that I'm going through 3-6k tokens per prompt on average, and usually get around 3 hours of usage before I'm hitting the rate limit. The limit is probably closer to 300k…

I found I can hit the limit very quickly if I have it scan large quantities of code for analysis. If I try to be more surgical, and give it terse but accurate documentation and instructions, the budget lasts longer.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#108
post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

pro is the $20/mo plan that they recently started allowing access to claude code.. but i’ve heard users hit the rate limit with a few queries.. so imo that sounds about right. the chat interface has its own limits separate from claude code.

Has to be wrong. I'm on that subscription as I wanted to reinforce my opinion that it's still shit for devs that actually have experience, like it was a few months ago. While my plan didn't pan out, cuz it was way too effective, I can confidently say that I'm going through 3-6k tokens per prompt on average, and usually get around 3 hours of usage before I'm hitting the rate limit. The limit is probably closer to 300k…

Claude Code is chugging away on a step (6/10) for me right now:

Transforming… (212s · 26.1k tokens · esc to interrupt)

I reset just under 2 hours ago, probably been going at this pace for the last hour or so.

Re: Show HN: Claude Code Usage Monitor – real-time tracker to dodge usage cut-offs

#110
post #54

I really like this idea as I find Claude's transparency frustrating. Claude code's killer features revolve around better tools to manage context and limits vs the desktop app (compact and the % remaining until auto compact), but it's not enough. If I can offer any advice, it's that the high use of emojis in a project readme (at least for me) looks so unprofessional and makes me worry that a project was vibe -coded in…

> looks so unprofessional and makes me worry that a project was vibe -coded in the sense that the AI was possibly not babysat to the extent I think they should. That's just me, though The irony of comments like this on software designed entirely for ai coding...

Looks so unprofessional, lol, says the guy wanting to use a free app, this isn't a microsoft made app lol it's a guy making a github app for free the audacity people have these days to shit on peoples project for 0 reason
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