Running agents 12+ hours a day: one dev's multi-subscription setup to dodge AI usage limits
minisculemeatman · reddit · 2026-10-06
A Reddit developer shares how he keeps AI coding agents working 12+ hours daily on a portfolio-management app without burning through limits:
- Astra handles planning and specs
- GPT-6 Sol High in Codex does most coding
- When quotas run low, he switches to Cursor with Grok 4.7 High
- After big batches, Claude Code on max reviews the work, with worthwhile fixes fed back to Codex
The key trick: all tools share one repo with shared plans and handover docs, so switching platforms requires no re-explaining. He's weighing whether to spread usage across cheaper plans or pay more for one platform, and whether a strong model should plan while cheaper ones like DeepSeek implement. He's asking heavy users for their setups and costs.
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