Spend the Free Allowance on Hostile Fixtures
Spend the free allowance on hostile fixtures only. Do not spend it on flattering model summaries. A summary that praises your diff is cheap comfort. A fixture that breaks your spec is the actual work. That is the position, not a soft suggestion. If your free-tier log is mostly recap text, you wasted the pool. You get a free model path and a free server. You also get a strong urge to request a nice summary. Refuse that urge before you write the first prompt. Ask for a contradiction inside the sp…