Set up my new trmnl to show my monthly token usage. Not sure if this is good for me 💀
5:35 PM · Jun 19, 2026 · 77.5K Views
Theo, T3 Stack creator, uses a TRMNL e-ink display to track his $53.2k monthly AI API token spend
Codex accounted for $51.1k of the tracked costs.
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Positive users praise the clean look of the TRMNL display tracking $84K monthly AI token spend, while negative users call the setup cringe and question its value or mental health impact.
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Matt Shumer@mattshumer_
@theo I hate how much I love this
Theo - t3.gg@theo
Set up my new trmnl to show my monthly token usage. Not sure if this is good for me 💀
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Rifrafgiraffe@rifrafgiraffe
@theo Found where to buy this beauty. So many fun things you could do with it. https://shop.trmnl.com/products/trmnl?variant=48985878495537
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Jacob Rhodes@Jacob_Rhodes_
@DitherDude @theo wdym? because of the video?
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shresh@shresh_data
@theo its so addicting
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Evil Rabbit@evilrabbit_
@theo ok that look fucking sick
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0xSero@0xSero
@theo Theo may I sell you on securing some compute? You clearly need it.
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Jacob Rhodes@Jacob_Rhodes_
@theo how do you get it set up? that is CLEAN
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kitze the 🐐@thekitze
@theo there is zero reason to show this amount that you don’t pay lmao
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goodalexander@goodalexander
@theo what are you doing?
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Dither Dude@DitherDude
@Jacob_Rhodes_ @theo can you put an epilepsy warning on the video on ur Claude'd OnPilot website?
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Theo - t3.gg@theo
@johnawahba Sticker price. I wouldn't have an apartment to burn tokens from if I had to pay full price 🙃
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Matar@1Matar02
@theo Me too, making a compact version soon :D
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The Bearded Dev@BeardWhoCodes
@theo Never heard of these TRMNLs, this looks awesome.. I'm just really amazed at how much it is. What is this doing for $140+ that you can't hack on a much cheaper kindle?
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David@daviderameh_
@theo $53K ???
Tell me that's for you and team 🫠
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Hunter Bohm@TheHunterBohm
@theo If your 500k engineer isn’t spending at least 250k in tokens I’m gonna be ape you know what
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Sean 🦇@seanproxy
@theo @grok where buy
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Barron Roth@iamBarronRoth
@theo trmnl about to have its mac mini moment
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Jonathan Liles@thjonml
@theo What is this number based on? Are you taking into account cached reads?
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moderate rock@lookoutitsbbear
@theo lol you’ve exceeded my household budget for the next 6 months
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Saketh@hey_saketh
@theo I wonder how much this will change after Fable is out again.
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