(Image credit: Shutterstock) If you would have told me a year ago that hitting a prompt limit was possible, I would have laughed. Back then, I prompted endlessly without ever hitting a wall. Now, I'm constantly hitting my limits and it feels like the only thing that's changed is Big Tech's token allotment. Like many users, I didn't notice at first but now AI has started to feel way too expensive. And I don't mean just financially expensive from all the Plus and Pro subscriptions, but the usage caps are definitely becoming part of the equation. At one point, I realized I was spending more time fixing AI answers than actually using them. And once AI limits started tightening across tools and “thinking” modes became more restricted, I noticed something else: I had started hesitating before sending prompts. That’s when I realized I needed a better system. So over the past few weeks, I completely changed how I use AI.…