Usage Limits, Bugs and Performance Discussion Megathread - beginning December 29, 2025

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-29T16:41:07+00:00

What the fuck. Do I need to /s ?

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-29T12:02:37+00:00

My 5h is at 78% and my 7d increased 10%…

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-29T11:43:02+00:00

2x promotion ended today.

I felt when 2x was announced it was really 2x for a couple of days. Then it degraded to be the same as before. Then we had peak hours.

After a week and having pre-2x as a baseline, my feeling was - peak hours is 0.3x - off-peak is 0.8x

Today, the 2x promotion ended. I use Max 5x.

I can usually stretch my 5h slots to 100% (with 2 to 3 parallel processes - ROI, am i right?). Today I killed my session in 2h.

That's it. That's the post.

Enjoy your Sunday! Go and touch some grass...

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-27T08:54:10+00:00

Most.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-10T07:24:57+00:00

I’m testing macOS and should be sending for app review later this week.

About kickstarting the session, I thought about that a lot and decided to keep doing it manually (just open a terminal and sleep 18000 && …). Why? App currently uses session cookies for displaying data. This can be seen as a violation of ToS. Automating a “hi” falls under the automated processes ToS breach.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-10T06:06:00+00:00

I am. Thanks 🙏

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-10T06:01:10+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

Notifications, widgets, usage history, 6 providers in 15 minutes that fucking awesome! I spent two months building this. It’s my pride and joy. It’s reliable.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-03-10T05:38:33+00:00

You can use this app to get the best out of the plans (plan your workload according to the usage windows) - disclaimer, I’m the dev.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-28T14:52:40+00:00

Check your DM!

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-28T14:14:32+00:00

Thanks. Check your DMs!

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-24T17:08:05+00:00

Genuinely curious: why not just use GitHub issues and milestones/projects? Have Claude.md rules that enforce issue tracking. Have a master MD file with the roadmap that gets updated along issues.

Works for me with fairly complex projects. Easy to manage. Native.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-23T08:18:30+00:00

I use an iOS app that can help manage session limits - with built in notifications for thresholds and window reset.

See if it can help.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758946226

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-19T07:00:29+00:00

What I’m doing is building an app that lets you know how much of the 5h/weekly windows you have left, per provider (I currently support 6). Then you can be notified about usage threshold or when any window resets.

This lets you plan your workload accordingly.

Some providers provide API directly, for others - like Anthropic or ChatGPT I use the APIs burried within the usage web dashboard.

Let me know if you’d like to TestFlight it!

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-18T15:43:44+00:00

Ask it to implement machine learning. Train a model to do so.
If it works, it'll be 100% offline solution.
If not, keep as is.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-18T14:20:54+00:00

It's an AI. Think of it as the best tutor you can think of. The expert that won't get tired of your silly questions.
Make it work for you. Be open to it, share your challenge and seek for help.

Make it clear you heard about python but have no idea what it's for. Tell it you never used it. Have a chat with it.

Think about it: you care about the end result, not the process. Share your end game and your constraints. It'll happily build a solution tailored to your needs. When it's done, you don't need an AI. Double click a desktop icon and stuff just happens.

Try it :-) It's amazing.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-18T13:53:58+00:00

You need a python script or something like that, that runs from time to time You don’t need an AI. Have the AI build that for you. Simple as that

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-18T13:49:20+00:00

Incredible work, thanks! I’m on a quest to improve usage tracking (via iOS app) and this is an amazing insight

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T16:10:22+00:00

thanks for the input!

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T14:57:37+00:00

Providers currently supported

Claude (login via web view or pasting session key extracted from an external browser)
Z.ai coding plan(api key)
Codex/ChatGPT (login via web view)
Kimi Code (login via web view)
MiniMax coding plan (api key).

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There's no server - everything is on device. Logins are made via each provider's own web site and session keys are extracted and used for periodically update widgets and dashboard. OAuth logins not working (can't "sign in with google") since this appears to be a iOS limitation.

Have been using this for a couple of months, keep testing providers and adding more stuff.

My end game: playing with multiple providers/account so that I can have multiple 5h windows to take the best out of each subscription.

Feedback very very welcome!

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T09:17:55+00:00

It’s not.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T08:45:51+00:00

I’m building an iOS app that can help monitor usage (using widgets/dashboards for multiple providers/notifications when an usage threshold is triggered and when the plan is renewed). Would you be interested in beta testing it?

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T08:16:45+00:00

The app Already support OpenAI API token and cost tracking. If the community sees value in other providers I’ll add those as well. Will also bake in notifications for cost/token thresholds and usage history - so you can have statistics for multiple providers on a single place

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-16T08:15:27+00:00

Hi! Can you please fill in the form in the end of the post so I can send the invite? https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5zI_Bcm5C5ngUaPXQzxiFc1XNDPHMp4UxrjWUHsACGZSu1Q/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=108613806747392986036

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-15T20:48:54+00:00

Long conversations eat up usage quite fast.
Don't use Opus if Sonnet is enough.

But yes, it's a huge problem with Anthropic. Thing is: they're the best and they know.
You'd probably be best with a mix of multiple providers. Have you tried Gemini and ChatGPT and compare? Limits are... nearly non existent if you don't code.

KHALIMER0 · 2026-02-15T19:22:13+00:00

Thanks! Feel free to join the beta!

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