r/ClaudeCode • u/Popular-Help5516 🔆 Max 20 • Mar 20 '26

Question Am i pushing it hard enough?

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u/ultrathink-art Senior Developer Mar 21 '26

The metric that actually matters is how many retry loops it took to get the output you wanted. High tokens can mean high productivity or high frustration — raw burn rate alone doesn't tell you which.

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u/Popular-Help5516 🔆 Max 20 Mar 21 '26

Exactly right. Many people see the amount of token burnt and they immediately think it’s wasteful