Field Notes

Public, dated findings from the Throttle Research Program. Each note documents a single measurable pattern with the methodology used to derive it.

• 2026-05-01
  Why we measure

  Quota limits are now load-bearing infrastructure for AI work. Yet no provider exposes them as telemetry. This note explains why measurement matters before the dataset matters.

• 2026-05-01
  Reading the 30-day window

  How to interpret the activity sparkline on /stats: what counts as a snapshot, why UTC days, and what early-stage shape (sparse, bursty) looks like before traffic stabilizes.