What I Stop Doing Before I Hit Claude's Limit — Rebuilding a Day Around the Five-Hour Window
Claude's usage recovers on a five-hour window, but that window doesn't start on the clock — it starts with the first message you send. Here's how I reordered my working day so I stop before the limit stops me.
Writing 25 as your session budget caps it at twenty-five cents
Managed Agents session budgets are expressed in minor units as a string. Here is how I mixed up the unit, hit budget_reached in minutes, and what raising versus clearing a budget actually does.
/clear vs /compact in Claude Code: Choosing the Right Reset for Long Sessions
When should you use /clear, and when should you reach for /compact in Claude Code? Three decision criteria from real long-session experience, with the pitfalls that hit me before I figured it out.
When Claude won't send your message: a diagnostic order that always finds the cause
When the send button does nothing, the spinner runs forever, or your message vanishes — here's the order I work through to find the real cause within five minutes.
When `claude --resume` Won't Restore Your Previous Session — A Practical Troubleshooting Guide
When Claude Code's --resume or --continue stops bringing back your last conversation, the cause almost always falls into one of four buckets. Here's how to walk through them in five to ten minutes.