16 points by jakozaur 2 hours ago | 4 comments
- I built an e-ink dashboard for tracking my Claude Code and Codex usage, https://github.com/stared/trmnl-x-claude-codex.
It makes me aware that while I am on $200/month Claude Code subscription, I spend ~$2000 worth in tokens per week.
Let's cherish this discount while it lasts!
- It'll be fun when we have all trained the AI models and paid for it, then all realize how we have priced us all out of making money if we don't stop this unless we can afford what it will cost (monetarily and otherwise, later).
- But also remember that while the API cost might be >50x the subscription cost, the actual cost to run it is much much cheaper.
It will only become cheaper as models become more efficient.
- I suggest you make two other calculations:
1. Only calculate the output cost, skip input cost 2. Only calculate the cached input cost
You will be surprised