Google just NUKED my coding workflow. Will Cursor Pro burn through my $20 in a day?
Hey guys, I’m losing my mind trying to find an AI coding setup that can handle heavy usage on a strict $20/month budget. Claude Code and Codex burned through limits way too fast for my workflow. For a while, Google's Antigravity running Gemini 3 Flash was my holy grail, but they just updated it to 3.5 Flash yesterday and absolutely nuked the usage. I am literally getting throttled after 5 prompts now.
I’m looking at switching to Cursor Pro next, but I’m super paranoid about wasting another 20 bucks just to get locked out. If you use Cursor heavily on the $20 tier, how long do those "fast" premium requests actually last you? More importantly, once you hit the cap and drop to the slow tier, is it still usable for continuous coding, or does it become painfully slow? Would love some honest feedback before I pull the trigger.