alt.hn

2/3/2026 at 12:29:56 AM

Ask HN: OpenClaw users, what is your token spend?

by 8cvor6j844qw_d6

2/3/2026 at 7:23:26 PM

My spend was similar. I only spent one day with it. Pretty neat but a security can of worms and I already do similar automations with Apple Shortcuts and APIs and the Apple Foundation models on-device. It's free and does a great job.

If I had the time and desire, I'd write up a little Swift app and an OpenClaw plugin to just use Apple Foundation models locally, by default. AFM still sucks for code, so proxy those requests out to Claude or Codex or whatever.

by runjake

2/3/2026 at 12:32:51 AM

I found it far too expensive for Anthropic. Entire context of every conversation is sent each time you type anything. Switched to a local model running from Ollama. Not quite as smart as opus, but good enough for my needs.

by NetworkPerson

2/3/2026 at 7:23:22 AM

Does it not use prompt caching?

by CjHuber

2/3/2026 at 11:27:06 AM

Had to write my own agent which is better with token economy: https://lethe.gg

by atemerev

2/3/2026 at 9:58:09 PM

I like your website design, but hate llms. Good luck.

by IhateAI

2/3/2026 at 1:58:27 PM

Not much as i am not leaving for days

by Jeetu456