https://www.hatch.org/tags/tokens/ Recent content in Tokens on Steve Hatch's Blog Hugo en-us Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hatch.org/2026/03/07/i-burned-through-my-ai-tokens-by-noon-and-i-think-i-need-a-sponsor/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.hatch.org/2026/03/07/i-burned-through-my-ai-tokens-by-noon-and-i-think-i-need-a-sponsor/ <p><img src="https://www.hatch.org/images/token-entry.png" alt="I Burned Through My AI Tokens by Noon and I Think I Need a Sponsor"></p> <p><strong>Subtitle:</strong> <em>On the dark psychology of token scarcity, the $200 plan that still isn&rsquo;t enough, and why Anthropic&rsquo;s usage bar is the most stressful thing on the internet</em></p> <hr> <p>It&rsquo;s 11:47 a.m. on a Saturday and I am staring at a message in my beloved terminal that has become the most familiar sentence in my life:</p>