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Claude Code Usage Limit Reached While Usage Is Low: 6 Causes

October 13, 2026 / Vici

Claude Code usage limit reached while the meter shows 2%? Six causes, from the 1M-context credits error to stuck processes, and the order to check them in.

AI Tools

Claude Max 5x vs Pro for Claude Code: When $100 Pays Off

October 12, 2026 / Vici

Claude Max 5x vs Pro for Claude Code: what the extra $80/month buys, why the Sep 14 limit change matters, and a clear rule for when upgrading pays off.

AI Tools

Claude Code Extra Usage: What It Costs and Why It Overshoots

October 7, 2026 / Vici

Claude Code Extra Usage, now called usage credits, bills at API rates on top of your plan. See per-turn costs, cap overrun reports, and how to stay safe.

AI Tools

Cursor Please Enable Usage-Based Pricing: What It Means Now

October 3, 2026 / Vici

Cursor’s Please Enable Usage-Based Pricing prompt is the old name for on-demand usage. Where to turn it on, how to cap it, and what each model costs.

VPS & Cloud

Coolify 1GB RAM VPS: What It Actually Used on a $5 Server

September 29, 2026 / Vici

Coolify 1GB RAM VPS test: v4.3.23 on a $5 Vultr box with two apps deployed. Real RAM, swap, disk and build numbers, plus a swapoff that got OOM-killed.

VPS & Cloud

Self-Host Meilisearch on a 1 GB VPS? What It Actually Used

September 26, 2026 / Vici

We ran Meilisearch v1.54.0 on a $5, 1 GB VPS: 31,944 docs indexed in 30 s, ~395 MiB peak, no OOM. Real RAM, disk and search numbers before you self-host.

Developer Tools

Should You Self-Host Uptime Kuma or Pay for Monitoring in 2026?

September 10, 2026 / Vici

Should you self-host Uptime Kuma or pay for Better Stack in 2026? Real resource use, 2026 pricing, and the exact point where self-hosting your monitoring becomes a false economy.