Token limits and credit costs in AI-dependent workflows

One user describes regretting building so many systems around AI, saying those systems now depend on continued access to frontier models. They report exhausting a reset Fable allowance in about an hour, then buying £150 in credits to finish the job with Opus 5 fast. Those credits were consumed in less than a minute, they say, prompting them to ask whether it was a bug. They also say Astra’s weekly subscription allowance lasts about two hours—three if they’re lucky.