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Claude users find verbosity barely dents token limits
Original: You hit the usage limit before lunch. So you do what everyone online says: make the AI talk less. Ban... # claude # ai #
Anthropic's Claude Code is hitting usage limits quickly for some users, prompting the usual advice online: tell the AI to respond more tersely to save tokens. But an analysis making the rounds shows output text accounts for only around 0.2% of token consumption, meaning verbosity settings do almost nothing to extend a session. The real cost lies elsewhere, and developers are discussing what that means for rationing.
Why now: Developers frustrated by fast-approaching Claude usage caps are sharing and debating the finding that shorter replies do not meaningfully reduce token use.
Evidence
- You hit the usage limit before lunch. So you do what everyone online says: make the AI talk less. Ban... # claude # ai # productivity # llm # software # coding # development # engineering # inclusive # community Where your Claude Code tokens actually go. Output is 0.2%. · hackaday@www.urbanmind.net · 3
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