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Token Exhaustion: What Three AI Coding Agents Taught Me in a Single Week

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I use GitHub Copilot. Curiosity pulled me toward Antigravity and Claude Code. I had a few experiments in mind. This was the perfect chance. My plan was simple: I would jump from one tool to the next and experience their workflows firsthand. The token wall blindsided me.

Token Wall: You run out of credits or have reached the productivity window usage limit.

The Token Wall: A Week of Surprises

First, GitHub Copilot. Next, Antigravity, with my Gemini Pro subscription. Finally, Claude Code on a brand new Pro account. Three AI coding agents. One week.

The New Waste in AI Engineering: When Assumptions Age Faster Than Code

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The New Waste Is Skipping Research & Planning

In 2026, the most expensive mistake in AI engineering is treating a fast-moving assumption like a stable fact.

One prompt, one agent away, generating code has become so cheap that I skipped the research phase entirely. I learned this the hard way while building a tool to run Gemma 4 on Apple Silicon. My intuition defaulted to execution because building felt faster than searching. The real cost was the hours and tokens lost by skipping a ten-minute check. I found that official support already existed. My work was sound and my premise was stale.

Cutting Through the Noise

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What if the real risk isn’t falling behind, but drowning in the noise?

Every week, I watch another framework trend, another paradigm shift dressed up as a must-read. My curiosity is real, but so is the overwhelm. I know I can’t learn it all.

Now I am exploring hyperscalers, AI-native companies, and open-source builders, not as a comparison exercise, but because the collisions between them are where the interesting questions live.