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Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by AlotOfReading »

KaiserPro wrote: post #132
cmsjustin wrote: post #115

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They were not expensive to operate, they were only expensive for consumers

To lay the cables required a huge amount of capital, to make that feasible its required financial engineering. That translates to high operating expenses.

SMS was originally piggybacking off unused bytes in packets already being sent to the tower, which was being paid for by existing phone bills. The only significant expenses involved transiting between networks. That was a separate surcharge in the early days.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by flashgordon »

paxys wrote: post #107
flashgordon wrote: post #64

Ok I really really have to figure out how to have a local setup of the open-source LLMs. I know i know - the "fixed costs" are high. But I have a strong feeling being able to setup local LLMs (and the rig for it) is the next build-your-own-PC phase. All I want is a coding agent and the grunt power to run it locally. Everything else Il build (generate) with it. I see so many folks claiming crazy hardware rigs and perf…

You can build a decent rig for yourself with: - 2x 4070 Ti (32 GB total VRAM) - $2200 - 64 GB RAM - $200-250 - Core i9/Ryzen 9 CPU - $450 - 2 TB SSD - $150 - Motherboard, cooler, case, PSU - $500-600 Total - ~$3500-3700, say $4000 with extras.

wow - do you mind sharing any links to a specific setup? Also whats the biggest model anybody has run on this?

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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steve_adams_86 wrote: post #31

I'm well within the 95%. I might lack an imagination here, but... What are you guys doing that you hit or exceed limits so easily, and if you do... Why does it matter? Sometimes I'd like to continue exploring ideas with Claude, but once I hit the limit I make a mental note of the time it'll come back and carry on planning and speccing without it. That's fine. If anything, some time away from the slot machine often he…

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Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by bravura »

steveklabnik wrote: post #100
qiller wrote: post #67

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I'm ok using a limited resource _if_ I know how much of it I am using. The lack of visible progress towards limits is annoying.

npx ccusage@latest I'm assuming it'll get updated to include these windows as well. Pass in "blocks --live" to get a live dashboard!

Does ccusage (or claude code with subscription) actually tell you what the limits are or how close you are too them?

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by jstummbillig »

el_benhameen wrote: post #128
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #88

I'm probably not going to hit the weekly limit, but it makes me nervous that the limit is weekly as opposed to every 36 hours or something. If I do hit the limit, that's it for the entire week —a long time to be without a tool I've grown accustomed to! I feel like someone is going to reply that I'm too reliant on Claude or something. Maybe that's true, but I'd feel the same about the prospect of loosing ripgrep for a…

This is how I feel about the 100 msg/wk limit on o3 for the ChatGPT plus plan. There’s no way to see how much I’ve used, and it’s an important enough resource that my lizard brain wants to hoard it. The result is that I way underutilize my plan and go for one of the o4-mini models instead. I would much prefer a lower daily limit, but maybe the underutilization is the point of the weekly limit. *edited to change “pro”…

If it behaves anything like the GPT-4.5 Limit, it will let you know when you near the limit.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by tracker1 »

idunnoboutthat wrote: post #42
andix wrote: post #30

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I guess you need to get used to it. LLM token usage directly translates to energy consumption. There are also no flat fee electricity plans, it doesn't make any sense.

that's true of everything on the internet.

An "AI" box with a few high end gpu/npu cards takes more energy in a 4u box than an entire rack of commodity hardware takes. It's not nearly comparible... meaning entirely new and expansive infrastructure costs to support the high energy. That also doesn't count the needs for really high bandwidth networking to these systems. Not to mention the insanely more expensive hardware costs.

The infrastructure and hardware costs are seriously more costly than typical internet apps and storage.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by [deleted] »

steve_adams_86 wrote: post #101
bad_haircut72 wrote: post #52

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Im not a formula 1 driver but why do they have those big padel things on the back? looks dumbo IMHO I just dont get it

I respectfully consider this analogy void, but welcome an explanation of why I'm wrong. I haven't yet seen anyone doing anything remarkable with their extensive use of Claude. Without frequent human intervention, all of it looks like rapid regression to the mean, or worse.

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Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by awestroke »

nojito wrote: post #13
serf wrote: post #11

200 bucks a month isn't enough. Fine. Make a plan that is enough so that I will be left alone about time limits and enforced breaks. NOTHING breaks flow better than "Woops! Times up!"; it's worse than credit quotas -- at least then I can make a conscious decision to spend more money or not towards the project. This whole 'twiddle your thumbs for 5 hours while the gpus cool off' concept isn't productive for me. '35 ho…

Use the API.

I use Claude Code authenticated via the API (Anthropic Console). There's no limits for me. And I also assume API-metered requests are prioritized, so it's faster as well.

Re: Claude Code weekly rate limits

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Post by adtac »

malthaus wrote: post #16

im really tired of all those ai players just winging it can someone please find a conservative, sustainable business model and stick with it for a few months please instead of this mvp moving target bs

if you feel cheated now, I promise you'll feel more cheated if they did this after you rely on it for several months. the least worst option is to change pricing as early as possible.
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