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Token Math: What 10 Million Free Tokens Actually Buy a Solo Developer

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The number that stopped me I did the math last Tuesday. It stopped me cold. Ten million tokens sounds like a fortune. Until you divide it by what one call actually eats. I was building a small agent. Each run pulled 30 issues, summarized each one, and logged the result. Nothing fancy. The math: 30…

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    Token Math: What 10 Million Free Tokens Actually Buy a Solo Developer

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