Free Tokens Do Not Pay the Clock
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Free tokens do not pay a deadline. If the seat is slow, each retry spends minutes you cannot refund, and the next call still has to fit inside what is left. You feel the trap when a repair loop looks harmless. The prompt failed once, the seat is marked free, and another attempt costs nothing on the…
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- 2026-10-10 18:28 · DEV Community — AI
Free Tokens Do Not Pay the Clock