u/Impressive_Run8512

I've been using Claude basically since it launched, and use Claude Code extensively (Swift, C++, Shaders, TS, AWS, etc)...

Maybe this is just tech twitter / LinkedIn garbage, but how on earth are people using so many tokens...

I use maybe ~20M tokens per month, with multiple sessions per day, across my 3-4 code bases. I'm very explicit with what I want, and take the time to think through the architecture, code styling, etc. I make use of Claude md heavily for code style, rules, etc.

I have about 12 years of software engineering experience, and Claude certainly makes me 10x more productive... No doubt.

However, even still, I cannot understand what on earth people are building where you're into the hundreds of millions or billions of tokens. Is this just extreme outliers, or am I the crazy one?

Like how many tokens do you need to use per month?????

I've been using Claude basically since it launched, and use Claude Code extensively (Swift, C++, Shaders, TS, AWS, etc)...

Maybe this is just tech twitter / LinkedIn garbage, but how on earth are people using so many tokens... I've only ever hit my limit once (on $20/mo), and upgraded to the $100/mo – haven't hit my limit since.

I use maybe ~20M tokens per month, with multiple sessions per day, across my 3-4 code bases. I'm very explicit with what I want, and take the time to think through the architecture, code styling, etc. I make use of Claude . md heavily for code style, rules, etc.

I have about 12 years of software engineering experience, and Claude certainly makes me 10x more productive... No doubt.

However, even still, I cannot understand what on earth people are building where you're into the hundreds of millions or billions of tokens. Is this just extreme outliers, or am I the crazy one?

Like how many tokens do you need to use per month?????