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I can drain a $200 OAI plan in 2 hours flat working on my 10 projects simultaneously.

Maybe you're not being ambitious enough with these things? They are at their most fun when you spec out sprawling architecture documents and watch 1+8 astras buzzsaw through it.

I'm only at 260B for the year, though. I'm sure someone who has used more will be along shortly to chime in

E: The other subthread talking about tests is correct. Expensive models should not waste a single second waiting on tests or validation. If you cannot assign a single cheap model to be the test bitch, then just tell them to frontload everything and clean up later as a single wave.

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Not meant as a bad faith response but have you shipped anything? Do you have income from this? Why 10 projects apart from fueling ADHD and "never finishing a project"?

Some of us want to build and don't care that it doesn't monetise.

Surely such people does not have 100usd/hour budget?

Not OP and while I’m not draining my accounts in a single day/hour, I’m hitting limits with a $200-Claude and $100-OpenAI account.

> Have you shipping anything?

Yes, hundreds of PRs and shipped new features to 3 different platforms (day job and 2 side-business apps/platforms I’ve been developing for many years, pre-LLM). Those new features have gone out to customers and been used.

> Do you have income from this?

Well my day job for one, and I’ve been able to more easily sell to new clients with my side business. Without the changes I’ve shipped I would have been able to land a couple of the clients I’ve signed on recently.

I don’t think OP’s message implied they are never finishing a project, maybe they edited it?

In addition to the 3 income-generating projects, I have a number of other “just for me” projects. Some are mature now and only need occasional development when I want a new feature. Some are in flux as I build them out (like my “software factory”).

At this point I’m limited by compute and tokens more than anything else.

Does work pay for your subscription? I think many workplaces would worry about personal accounts for work projects.

EDIT: but thanks for a useful answer to OP's question. As a programming dabbler I also find it hard to imagine how to push much past the 5hr limit on $20USD subscription.

Work provides a stipend/reimbursement of $100, the rest I pay for.

It’s paid for itself though, at least from my side business income.

Would love to see these 10 projects that are being worked on simultaneously

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