what they changed was peak vs off-peak usage metering.
replyusing it on the weekend gets you more use than during weekdays 9-5 in US eastern time.
I waited until off peak hours to use Opus 4.6 to do some research. One prompt consumed 100% of my 5h limit and 15% of my weekly usage. Even off peak it's still insane. Opus didn't even manage to finish what it was doing.
replyI'm surprised it's during east coast working hours and not west coast.
replythe speculation i read was that it's trading hours, and they're getting a lot of load from the finance industry
replyTechnically, this was Friday morning, so I think I was still in peak hours.
replyEven with Opus I don’t usually hit limits on the standard plan. But I am not doing professional work at the moment and I actually alternate between using the LLM and reading/writing code the old fashioned way. I can see how you’d blow through the quota quickly if you try to use LLMs as universal problem solvers.
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