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Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by MisterSandman »

globular-toast wrote: post #25

This is what really makes me sceptical of these tools. I've tried Claude Code and it does save some time even if I find the process boring and unappealing. But as much as I hate typing, my keyboard is mine and isn't just going to disappear one day, have its price hiked or refuse to work after 1000 lines. I would hate to get used to these tools then find I don't have them any more. I'm all for cutting down on typing b…

I guess the argument has time goes on AI will get cheaper and more efficient.

…but idk how true that, I think it’s pretty clear that these companies are using the Uber model to attract customers, and the fact that they’re already increasing prices or throttling is kind of insane.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by dude250711 »

thr0waway001 wrote: post #24

> One user, who asked not to be identified, said it has been impossible to advance his project since the usage limits came into effect. Vibe limit reached. Gotta start doing some thinking.

He did not pass the vibe check.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by martinald »

I'm not sure this is "intentional" per se or just massively overloaded servers because of unexpected demand growth and they are cutting rate limits until they can scale up more. This may become permanent/worse if the demand keeps outstripping their ability to scale.

I'd be extremely surprised if Anthropic picked now of all times to decide on COGS optimisation. They potentially can take a significant slice of the entire DevTools market with the growth they are seeing, seems short sighted to me to nerf that when they have oodles of cash in bank and no doubt people hammering at their door to throw more cash at them.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by adamtaylor_13 »

That’s funny I literally started the $200/month plan this week because I routinely spend $300+/month on API tokens.

And I was thinking to myself, “How does this make any sense financially for Anthropic to let me have all of this for $200/month?”

And then I kept getting hit with those overloaded api errors so I canceled my plan and went back to API tokens.

I still have no idea what they’re doing over there but I’ll happily pay for access. Just stop dangling that damn $200/month in my face if you’re not going to honor it with reasonable access.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by adamtaylor_13 »

Ataraxic wrote: post #40

I need to see a video of what people are doing to hit the max limits regularly. I find sonnet really useful for coding but I never even hit basic limits. at $20/mo. Writing specs, coming up with documentation, doing wrote tasks for which many examples exist in the database. Iterate on particular services etc. Are these max users having it write the whole codebase w/ rewrites? Isn't it often just faster to fix small t…

I couldn’t even get it to do simple tasks for me this week on the max plan. It’s not just max users overloading it. It feels like they’re randomly rate limiting users.

One day my very first prompt in the morning was blocked. Super strange.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by bGl2YW5j »

thr0waway001 wrote: post #24

> One user, who asked not to be identified, said it has been impossible to advance his project since the usage limits came into effect. Vibe limit reached. Gotta start doing some thinking.

Came to comment on the same quote.

I'm surprised, but know I shouldn't be, that we're at this point already.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by Ensorceled »

Ataraxic wrote: post #40

I need to see a video of what people are doing to hit the max limits regularly. I find sonnet really useful for coding but I never even hit basic limits. at $20/mo. Writing specs, coming up with documentation, doing wrote tasks for which many examples exist in the database. Iterate on particular services etc. Are these max users having it write the whole codebase w/ rewrites? Isn't it often just faster to fix small t…

> Isn't it often just faster to fix small things I find incorrect than type up why I think it's wrong in English and have it do a whole big round trip?

This is my experience: at some point the AI isn't converging to a final solution and it's time to finish the rest by hand.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by nh43215rgb »

Ataraxic wrote: post #40

I need to see a video of what people are doing to hit the max limits regularly. I find sonnet really useful for coding but I never even hit basic limits. at $20/mo. Writing specs, coming up with documentation, doing wrote tasks for which many examples exist in the database. Iterate on particular services etc. Are these max users having it write the whole codebase w/ rewrites? Isn't it often just faster to fix small t…

Are you using claude code for coding with sonnet? Just claude web use alone is indeed fairly relaxed i think.

Re: Anthropic tightens usage limits for Claude Code without telling users

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Post by pembrook »

The funny thing is Claude 4.0 isn't even that 'smart' from a raw intelligence perspective compared to the other flagship models.

They've just done the work to tailor it specifically for proper tool using during coding. Once other models catch up, they will not be able to be so stingy on limits.

Google has the advantage here given they're running on their own silicon; can optimize for it; and have nearly unlimited cashflows they can burn.

I find it amusing nobody here in the comments can understand the scaling laws of compute. It seems like people have a mental model of Uber burned into their head thinking that at some point the price has to go up. AI is not human labor.

Over time the price of compute will fall, not rise. Losing money in the short term betting this will happen is not a dumb strategy given it's the most likely scenario.

I know everybody really wants this bubble to pop so they can make themselves feel smart for "calling it" (and feel less jealous of the people who got in early) and I'm sure there will be a pop, but in the long term this is all correct.

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