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Show HN: Maxx – Live token tracker in the cli (Claude)

https://meetmaxx.co/
1•_reif•1h ago
Token management is a big deal when you have client projects to deliver. I need to have a pulse on what my current burn looks like, especially because I am spawning a bunch of subagents.

Agents need to know in real-time what the current utilization is. I went through 10 iterations of this tool - and likely going to do a number of more iterations. The net net is that I needed something to show me if I am on pace to use the tokens alloted to my subscription.

Using up the session (maxxing out my session) is not the right way because you run out of tokens by Wednesday at 6pm roughly. So how do you tell your agents that are running in the middle of the night to "not use too many tokens"?

So the solution I found was a 5hr ROLLING window. Tokens are allocated across the 7 day period as if they were in chunks. Say 100k tokens an hour for easy math.

500k tokens per session, 10 sessions left in the period. 5M tokens remain.

Now - the software updates each second. Based on your usage in the window, you have this much left to spend. It snapshots your availability at any time. Using less in the last 10 mins, gives you more to use in the next 10 mins.

Now I give agents access to /maxx --session, so if n number of agents are running they can hit the session and they dont have to plan centrally for token management.

If they have been allocated by central command, and there is token availability right now, it can proceed.

Still a work in progress, but Sunday was the last straw. Sub agents blew 70M tokens with nothing to show for it, and I had a full day of client work (Monday) that didnt get done because I hit the week wall a day early.

There are some goodies in there like -

By model weighting Token calculation on a weekly basis (its a guess of course because claude doesnt tell me) Weekly pacing bar Color coded session bar if you are running hot, etc.

Ping me with questions, happy to help. MIT - I know there are issues with the software, but its been useful already. Havent hit session limits, weekly limits stable. Some agents hitting /maxx and slowing down. This could work :)

x @reif_tauati

Stripe and Advent make $53B bid for PayPal

https://www.ft.com/content/3738e814-9470-4d7d-94a6-ac5e001a968e
1•PhilipA•2m ago•0 comments

Flock Safety had a car journalist stalked, wrongly accused, and detained

https://www.thedrive.com/news/inside-the-flock-dragnet-how-systemic-errors-led-to-police-ambushin...
2•monksy•2m ago•0 comments

Smoke, fire, floods: US faces triple extreme summer weather threats

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/smoke-fire-floods-us-faces-triple-extreme-summer-wea...
1•montalbano•3m ago•0 comments

Agent Security Is a Systems Problem

https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.18991
2•bradreaves2•4m ago•1 comments

A24 Is Copyright Striking Backrooms Artwork Older Than the Movie

https://www.thegamer.com/the-backrooms-a24-copyright-strike-artwork/
1•josephcsible•5m ago•0 comments

Show HN: I ported Fallout 1 to the PSP

https://github.com/abduznik/fallout1-ce-psp
2•abduznik•5m ago•1 comments

Making TLA+ and x86 Kiss via Z3Py

https://www.philipzucker.com/kissin_tla/
1•matt_d•5m ago•0 comments

It Is Not the Critic Who Counts (1910)

https://www.trcp.org/2011/01/18/it-is-not-the-critic-who-counts/
2•Eridanus2•6m ago•0 comments

Mullin Threatens 'Prison Time' for State Officials Not Cooperating on Elections

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/just-in-mullin-threatens-prison-time-for-state-officials-not-...
2•rawgabbit•6m ago•0 comments

How to Write Unmaintainable Code (2015)

https://github.com/droogans/unmaintainable-code
2•theanonymousone•7m ago•0 comments

Bridgetown: Next-Generation Progressive Site Generator

https://www.bridgetownrb.com/
2•thunderbong•7m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Is AI sycophancy a way to reduce compute rather than make users happier?

1•amichail•8m ago•0 comments

The Zilog Z80 has turned 50

https://goliath32.com/blog/z80.html
1•st_goliath•8m ago•0 comments

Perldelta – what is new for Perl v5.44.0

https://metacpan.org/dist/perl/view/pod/perldelta.pod
1•birdculture•8m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tools Berry – client-side calculators with open-source tax engines

https://tools-berry.com/
1•edmonddaher•11m ago•1 comments

The Java Story – The Official Documentary [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqGSg4b_cZA
2•mashally•12m ago•0 comments

Ann Droid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Droid
1•Fizzadar•13m ago•1 comments

GNUnet 0.28.0 Released

https://www.gnunet.org/en/news/2026-07-0.28.0.html
1•summm•13m ago•0 comments

Wearable foundation models: a brief history

https://www.empirical.health/blog/wearable-foundation-models/
1•brandonb•14m ago•0 comments

EU set to axe 2039 net-zero industry target

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1•alephnerd•15m ago•0 comments

Brown Professor Suspects Majority of His Class Used AI to Cheat

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1•bushwart•15m ago•0 comments

Meta trying to destroy whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, US senator says

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/17/meta-whistleblower-sarah-wynn-williams-us-sena...
4•barbazoo•17m ago•0 comments

New spinning drone hides in plain sight

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2026/07/new-spinning-drone-hides-in-plain-sight
1•gmays•18m ago•1 comments

Dustin Mierau's Desktop Homepage

https://dustin.works/
2•colinprince•18m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Stickblade Arena – I made two LLMs sword-fight to benchmark them

https://stickblade-arena.vercel.app
2•pioneer37•23m ago•0 comments

FDA Approves a New Pill to Slash Cholesterol Levels

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/science/the-fda-approves-a-new-pill-to-slash-cholesterol-level...
2•gmays•23m ago•1 comments

Apple raises prices for Apple Music and Apple One subscriptions

https://9to5mac.com/2026/07/17/apple-raises-prices-for-apple-music-and-apple-one-subscriptions/
2•elffjs•28m ago•0 comments

BYD aims to overtake Toyota in five years without relying on the US market

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1•awad•32m ago•1 comments

What Is China's Moonshot AI and Why Is It Roiling Markets?

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1•technewssss•32m ago•0 comments

Randomverse – A randomized, algorithm-free social network

https://randomverse-social.vercel.app
1•MohammedBokir•32m ago•0 comments