claude-pacer status line illustration: usage bars, context, model, and three-layer design

AI running out of gas halfway through a midnight task? I built it a fuel gauge and automatic brakes

I previously shared building a money-saving dashboard for AI. Back then, I was mostly looking at “how much money I spent.” Using it now, I realized what really hurts isn’t the money, it’s the quota: Claude Code’s subscription has 5-hour and 7-day rolling windows. Hit the limit, and it just stops dead in its tracks. In this post, I’ll share the open-source little tool we made for this: claude-pacer (github.com/drpwchen/claude-pacer). Why build this? It started with getting cut off in the middle of the night a few times. ...

July 25, 2026 · 5 min · 961 words · 陳柏威 Po-Wei Chen