Power User Runs AI Coding Agent 24/7, Burns Through Weekly Limit in Two Days
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-11
A user describes running an AI coding agent named Astra around the clock: the agent habitually adds tests that bottleneck on local CPU rather than tokens. He never hits the 5-hour limit but exhausts the weekly quota in two days — a glimpse into how extreme usage patterns vary and where the real bottlenecks lie.
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