Turns out… it's not the model. It is how I am using it. Turns out Claude doesn’t count messages. It counts tokens. Once that clicked, everything changed. Here are 10 things that make a massive difference: 1. Edit your prompt instead of sending follow-ups If the response is off, don’t send: “No, I meant…” or “That’s not right…” Every extra message gets added to history. Claude re-reads ALL of it every time. Token cost grows fast: At ~500 tokens per exchange 5 messages = ~7.5K tokens 10 messages = ~27.5K tokens 20 messages = ~105K tokens 30 messages = ~232K tokens Instead: edit your original prompt and regenerate. You replace the history instead of stacking it. 2. Start a new chat every 15 to 20 messages Long chats are expensive. Most tokens get burned re-reading old context, not generating new output. One dev tracked usage: 98.5% tokens = re-reading history 1.5% = actual output Fix: Ask Claude to summarise → copy → start fresh chat → paste summary. 3. Batch your questions Stop sending multiple messages. Bad: “Summarise this” “Now list points” “Now give a headline” Better: “Summarise this, list key points, and suggest a headline.” One prompt = one context load. 4. Use Projects for repeat files Uploading the same file repeatedly = repeated token cost. Projects cache your files. Upload once → reuse without re-tokenising. If you use PDFs, briefs, or docs often, this alone saves a lot. 5. Set Memory and Preferences If you keep typing: “Act as…” “I’m a…” “I write like…” You’re wasting tokens every time. Save it once in settings. Claude remembers it. 6. Turn off unused features Search, connectors, advanced thinking all add token cost. If you didn’t intentionally turn it on, turn it off. 7. Use the right model Not everything needs power. Haiku → quick, cheap tasks Sonnet → standard work Opus → deep thinking Most people overuse powerful models and burn budget fast. 8. Spread usage across the day Claude uses a rolling 5-hour window. If you burn everything in one session, you waste the rest of your day.

#Update 5 away AI Storytellers are 11 members away from 400 members, can we helpful @Nick Nebelsky reach his goal before the end of April, there is a major announcement coming. Some of you are already inside, but if you’re not, AI Storytellers is one of the best places right now for learning video generation and storytelling with AI. If that’s something you’re working on or curious about, now’s the time to join.

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It was based on outdated information, and that’s on me. I was looking for official documents that had not been released yet. OpenAI has now confirmed it will shut down its AI video-generation app Sora, less than two years after it first made headlines for creating realistic videos from simple prompts. They’re also winding down their $1B content partnership with Disney. The main reasons come down to cost and direction. Video generation is extremely expensive to run, and it no longer fits where OpenAI is focusing next, including areas like robotics and real-world applications. Disney has said they respect the decision and will explore other AI platforms moving forward. Appreciate the people who questioned it and pushed me to double check.

How is everyone doing today? what is or has your day been like so far