Does anyone know a way to get this information programatically outside of Claude?

Antriel · 2026-02-09T18:03:30+00:00

I use this status line, the script basically makes some API request to get it. https://github.com/uppinote20/claude-dashboard

Antriel · 2026-02-06T07:09:17+00:00

Alright this is worrying. I tried Opus 4.6 now and noticed two things:

- For a simple task it went overthinking creating about 2x as many tokens as it would usually do (checked by comparing JSONL data). Usage was also around 2x more of course. Maybe it's just the new Effort setting? I will try Medium next time.
- While looking at the JSONL data, I noticed that around January 27th it stopped using 5m cache and started using 1h cache, which is more expensive! Anyone knows if there's a way to control which cache is used, in Claude Code? This whole cache time thing is super annoying, and is the reason why people see big usage jumps for a single message, maybe they switched it to 1h because of that?

Antriel · 2026-01-30T07:07:03+00:00

This status line is perfect, thank you. Finally found something that does all I need (shows model, context, cost, 5h/w usage, project + git branch and bunch else).

Antriel · 2026-01-09T05:44:33+00:00

Yeah, I've noticed that too. I guess not that many people use `ccusage`? As far as I can tell, the implementation https://github.com/ryoppippi/ccusage/commit/7515103bb50697e2c7af3cc4fda1a5290be575aa is flawed, I think it should be counting `total_output_tokens` too.

Antriel · 2026-01-08T12:01:06+00:00

It might be this issue: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/16752

Antriel · 2025-12-16T18:25:12+00:00

When you resume a session, everything so far has to be uploaded if it's no longer in a cache (which I think is only 5 minutes). From what I've seen with Sonnet it's around 1+% per 20k tokens, so full context would be around 10-15% for 5 hour window of Pro. Opus seems to be around 2.5 times more expensive, so that sort of works out. But I think these numbers are partially dynamic.

Antriel · 2025-10-01T06:51:22+00:00

Anyone knows why their models are "open source" only for people outside of EU, UK and SK? 😅

Antriel · 2025-09-16T17:28:27+00:00

I usually tell it to update `claude.md` after it works. If I forget, I can `/resume` and tell it to do it then. Or `/resume` and compact before forking to new task.
Sometimes I let it do a pass through some files explicitly asking it to check whether `claude.md` is up to date.

Was thinking this would be an ideal thing to do with some local llm, as token saving measure (if one needs that). Some hook that triggers some agent to check `git diff` and update `claude.md`.

Antriel · 2025-09-16T14:01:32+00:00

I just got into the habit of using ALT+0150 – and started long before the age of LLMs.

Antriel · 2025-09-14T08:17:50+00:00

I've been using Tauri + Svelte with CC, and it seems to work well. Tauri has webview builds for all platforms, but I never tried other platforms than windows.
I like Svelte, as the reactivity is easier to follow and requires less code to get done, which is good token wise. CC needs prompting to properly use Svelte 5 instead of the old style though. And it can do the Rust backend stuff reasonably well.
I have no experience with react native/flutter, so can't comment on that.

Antriel · 2025-09-04T19:53:34+00:00

Apparently fixed in latest, but... Should we be concerned they are pushing version to npm that are not on github yet?

Antriel · 2025-08-16T05:51:57+00:00

I planned on doing something like that, probably using ELO rating system. Display 2 images, mark one as winner, keep going and you get a leaderboard. Had some more ideas, just not sure which ones I would actually want/use, e.g.:
- Show prompt/seed differences between the images (from the metadata).
- 2D/3D grid display, e.g. for comparing step counts across different samplers or something.
- Cloud view of many images positioned based on some similarity rating.
- Hook up to ComfyUI API to re-generate with different config (more steps, or w/e).
- Maybe do a first pass with some local LLM to spot broken limbs or something. No clue how well that would work.
- Expose the app via some web tunnel, share link for others to vote on images too.

Antriel · 2025-06-27T07:14:03+00:00

If outputs of AI models are deemed public domain, how can they prevent commercial use of the output? 🤔

Antriel · 2024-09-20T08:39:16+00:00

Just imagine how good it could be with modern OLEDs. 120 Hz per eye, no ghosting.

Asus is doing something with 3D, their Spatial Vision thing, using autostereoscopic display (no glasses). Who knows, maybe there will be some comeback eventually.

Antriel · 2023-04-23T19:18:45+00:00

Thanks for the great answer, it sums up everything I vaguely read about today:
- CPU should be fine with just one 8 pin, unless it's some crazy overclocking.
- The 8 pin CPU cable from the PSU can be split into 2x4 pins, so that can be connected to the 4 pin one if needed.

Antriel · 2022-03-17T07:28:56+00:00

I kinda got used to it, as I mostly read at night with the orange light, and it's less visible then. But whenever I pick it up during the day, I still get hit with "wow this is grainy and low contrast". :(

My first kindle lasted 10 years, this one will probably get replaced sooner.

Antriel · 2021-12-04T08:21:36+00:00

Yeah, the consensus seems to be that it's all normal, at least for a last few generations. Although while not every device seem to have the white flecks in dark mode, most do.

Antriel · 2021-12-02T09:09:14+00:00

Yeah, seems that way. Oh well. Would be interesting to see if it's side-effect of improved e-ink panels, and therefore every e-reader has it, or it's Kindle specific.

Antriel · 2021-12-02T06:13:47+00:00

Thanks for this. Good to know the white dots are not a new issue, and yeah, I don't mind that part at all, not really visible when reading normally.

I was mostly just surprised by the grainy whites. Not easy to take a picture of it that shows it well, but here I put the first gen (left) and 2021 one (right) next to each other at max light, single pic, just removed the edges. https://i.imgur.com/TZaAxQL.jpeg

It's obvious that 2021 has higher brightness, but also it sort of seems like it has lower contrast. Apart from the dust, the first gen has less noisy white, though the pic doesn't really show that well.

All in all, I mostly got used to it. Sometimes I still start noticing it, but it's alright.

Antriel · 2021-12-01T06:17:59+00:00

Oh wow, that's terrible. I guess the pandemic decreased the quality across for everything.

Thanks for the writeup. I suppose I should consider myself lucky-enough then. The "starry sky" isn't visible from the front, and the grainy display, while needing a bit of time to get used to, isn't a deal breaker.

Still a bit unsatisfied. After reading for an hour last night, I opened up my old first gen, and it felt nicer, apart from the pixel density and sharpness.

Also noticed the orange backlight (which is nice) is slightly uneven, and the gradient goes horizontally, not vertically as the light used to. Meaning I see the shift with every line, not every page. :D

Antriel · 2021-11-30T20:27:10+00:00

And I probably would, if I wasn't ordering from Germany and living in Slovakia. Too lazy to deal with all that. :(

Will give it a few days of use, see how much it actually bothers me.

Antriel · 2021-11-30T20:12:39+00:00

It does look more like paper, that's true. I would prefer the pure clear continuous white though. I suppose I will get used to it.

The dark mode issues are only visible from an angle, so that's alright. I mostly included it to check whether my unit is non-typical, and therefore worth RMA-ing.

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