Testing Next-Gen Coding Models: They Burn Through Token Limits Extremely Fast
carsonfarmer · x · 2026-08-07
A developer shared recent experiences using various frontier AI coding tools including Codex, Claude, and opencode-go. He noted that these next-generation models love to sling tokens around, causing him to hit the weekly limits on three different subscription plans. He also highlighted @pidotdev as the most token-efficient way to utilize these models.
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