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Myth FAQ: A Free Token Allowance Is Not a Budget — Five Probes for Free AI Coding Tiers

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Myth FAQ: A Free Token Allowance Is Not a Budget Everyone tells you to start on the free tier. Nobody tells you what it measures. So I stopped trusting the dashboard and started probing. Here is the question that started this. If a free tier gives you model access and a free server to run it on, wh…

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  1. 2026-10-17 06:38 · DEV Community — AI
    Myth FAQ: A Free Token Allowance Is Not a Budget — Five Probes for Free AI Coding Tiers

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