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I'm assuming you use gpt4 via ChatGPT plus. Does the message cap bother you? I heard it's something like 25 messages per 3 hours. That sounds so low I don't even bother subscribing.

I guess this doesn't apply if you use it via the api.

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I was initially deterred. But in practice, when using it for professional purposes, I never encounter it.

Your coding speed is unlikely to be that fast, requiring 25 code segments in 3 hours. GPT-4 outputs something, you need time to double check, test, additional googling etc. Its still a massive speed boost.

Using it recreationally (Especially chatting) will result in a lot more requests.

The only time I hit it I usually realize I need a mental break anyway so usually it’s plenty. Suppose it depends on how your using it but for me I ask it for code of things I could write but would rather focus my energy on the bigger problem then a single function to merge two objects while keeping the order sorted of a joined list.. that kind of thing it’s great for

I have no idea what happened. My original 1-month Plus subscription to test GPT-4 was, as usual, limited to 25/hour and tied to my personal gmail address. But then recently-- in the last week-- I resubscribed and I accidentally did so under my work email, which has a more specialized and restricted TLD, and under that I don't have any quota limits for the GPT-4 version of ChatGPT.

It might seem a small thing, having to space out prompts 25 ever 3 hours when you might not have used more than 100-200 in a day anyway, but the net result is liberating. I experiment, explore the limits, and get whimsical with it to a much greater extent than when I can to consciously think about each prompt as a rationed resource.

It does bother me, I’ve been hit by it 3 times now (I use it as a daily driver, for code you spend enough time between prompts working that it’s rare to go through that volume)

When I hit the limit, I work on the problem myself and wait until 4 resets instead of relying on 3.5. 4 is so much better that I don’t trust 3.5 with my work anymore.

For me tbh, i kinda like the limit. I use GPT-4 a lot lately. Hitting the limit reminds me, i got too lazy writing code myself or i got way too deep into it. Then i just close the tab & remember, that i still love writing code the (not quite yet) old way.

I've never hit the limit because GPT 4 is slow (like a dialup modem) and I don't like waiting for it. Usually I do something else while it's writing a response.

I haven't used it a whole lot.

It sounds very low and somehow it very rarely bothers me. It sure is annoying when it bothers me, but it's a lot higher in practice than the number feels.

In practice it rarely comes up. I don't even know if it's actually enforced. I'm pretty certain I do more than 25 every 3 hours.

I only hit the limit when I using some bots to interact with it. Never hit it after 2 months when normally using it.

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