Full-day coding with Fable 5.1 couldn't exhaust a Max 5x quota — here's why
joshwhiton · x · 2026-09-05
- The author ran an all-day coding marathon with Fable 5.1 and still couldn't bottom out a Max 5x subscription quota.
- He pushes back on claims of hitting limits within an hour: you're likely running high/max/ultra effort when low would do, and/or not understanding how to surf token caching.
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