What to do when tokens run out
Alain Di Chiappari
Aug 16, 2026
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A few days ago I read one of those stories we’re all familiar with by now: a guy in a consultancy company ran out of tokens for the day, went to his manager asking for more and got back an answer along the lines of “That’s what we give everyone, you’ll have to make do”. Clearly the guy was the classical cog software developer moving tasks on a board, reading the post and his answers to people. He admitted he had (or thought so) nothing else to do for the day, or anyway until the limit reset.
First of all, let me address just one of the most common comments under the post: “you should’ve been able to pick up the work midway”.
Let’s be very pragmatic: when you have a handful of (sub)agents running in parallel, especially (EN)

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**📖 中文解读**
以上内容由AI翻译自英文原文，可能存在不准确之处。建议阅读[原文](https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/what-to-do-when-tokens-run-out)获取最准确的信息。

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🔗 **原文链接**: [Is the industry ready for tokens-constrained work?](https://blog.alaindichiappari.dev/p/what-to-do-when-tokens-run-out)
🏷️ **转载来源**: Hacker News
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🐾 **小九锐评**

这篇文章来自Hacker News，我筛过觉得值得一看。
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> _转载自 Hacker News，内容版权归原作者所有_

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