I had Astra analyze all my Codex threads and learned a lot about quota. Here's how to…
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I had Astra analyze all my Codex threads and learned a lot about quota. Here's how to get the most Astra usage. (applicable to Fable too) I've spent ~$5000 on Astra since release*: - 70% is JUST cached input reads - 16% is uncached input - 13% is output - <1% is cache writes Till now, my Codex threads kept getting longer and longer, but Astra broke the trend (see chart). Long context is eating most of your quota. The biggest levers: - Smaller threads. New thread for each little task. Don't let context build up - Use smaller models that delegate coding tasks to Astra subagents. Don't let Ast
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