Free Tokens Are Not Free Work: Five Quota Myths and a Ledger You Can Run
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Last week I burned a ten-million-token allowance before dinner. I merged two small fixes. Where did the rest go? Not into the model. Into my loop. I resent the same files, re-asked the same question, and accepted almost nothing. I ran that mess on MonkeyCode, which offers free model access and a fr…
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- 2026-10-26 13:03 · DEV Community — AI
Free Tokens Are Not Free Work: Five Quota Myths and a Ledger You Can Run