šŖ #WTT: When Claude Cowork Wakes Up Drinks Your Tokens (like Coffee)
Iāve been cruising along lately, just loving life with Claude Code, but I recently got absolutely humbled by Cowork. Iāve actually made up a new acronym for the event: WTT. The reality is, Iām not quite productive enough on Code yet to justify dropping $100 or $200 a month in tokens. So, Iāve been managing my token "allowance" like a kid who gets $5 a week when candy bars cost $2. Everything was going great until a buddy asked me to show him the ropes on Cowork. Being confident (and perhaps a bit too proud), I said, "Sure!" I didn't mention Iād never actually run this specific workflow before. I figuredāhow hard can it be? I set up a scheduled task to roll through my Gmail account and give me a daily briefing. Awesome. Easy. Total "Pro" move. So, Iām showing off, doing this very impressive demo for him, and I hit "Run Now." Iām leaning back, like: "Look, you can see it thinking... itās reading the email, producing the brief, preparing the summary..." DONK. š„ OUT OF TOKENS! WTT (What the Token?!) And then it hits me: I cannot Code. I cannot Chat. I cannot Cowork. #WTT Thinking on my feet, I started to explain, "You see, managing tokens is just a sophisticated part of the LLM lifestyle," all while seething under the covers. So, that was yesterday. I decided to shrug it off, tough it out, and wait for the rolling reset while I slept. āļø The next morning, I was all fired up to get back into Claude Code to build my slick new app. I sat down, opened the terminal, and... DONK. š„ OUT OF TOKENS! #WTT Then It hit me... š¤ Claude Cowork had woken up before I did. It chewed through my entire brand-new allowance of tokens just before I was all fired up to "Claude Code.". I cannot Code. I cannot Chat. I cannot Cowork. #WTT The ultimate irony? I couldnāt even grammar-check this post in Claude. I had to go over and do it in Gemini! LOL. #WTT @Matthew Sutherland @Nick Mohler @Usman Mohammed @John Romano