What per cent of internal Microsoft IP runs through Anthropic? Do they not care about trade secrets, or certain groups allowed or not allowed to use tools that expose IP to external vendors?
Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
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Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#272From reading the article. They offered their developers both Claude code and Copilot. What they wanted was for them to use both and feedback which was better. The developers voted with their feet and didn’t use Copilot. What Microsoft were hoping was that the opposite would happen...
For months, Employees had the option to choose claude code or copilot. Now they dont. Underlying model choice still has no restrictions. Opus 4.6 is by far the most popular. there's still big $$$ bills going anthropic's way.
I use copilot cli and I can pick Anthropic models. The Microsoft interface seems fine to me, and equivalent. Not sure what the big deal is.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish I could understand the appeal of using Claude Code inside VScode rather than Copilot. I feel like I'm missing something obvious.
Slightly related (me not understanding) is why the Copilot in VS code is essentially just CLI interface. Why can't it use the IDE tools (search, LSP, ...). All it ever does is trying to execute grep.
Claude’s prompt heavily pushes it towards grep. We have an internal cross repo semantic search mcp and to get Claude to consistently use it a skill and prompting was not enough. A pre tool use hook is the answer. Claude will even write one for you if you describe the problem to it :)
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#274Earlier quoted context omitted.
Curious if anyone around here stayed on 4.6 (having a choice to use 4.7)
I went to 4.7, didn't have a choice, found it unsatisfactory, then Claude quietly added in the option to use 4.6, so I'm back on 4.6, and I'm not the only one in my company. I had far more hallucinations with 4.7 than 4.6. I'll try it again after a few more months for them to get it right, but 4.6 is what changed my mind on LLMs as a tool, and 4.7 felt like a step backwards, so for now I'm sticking with something tha…
How did you manage to do that?
/model command returns only 4 choices for me: Opus 4.7, two Sonnet options and Haiku.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#275The comments I see recommending selective use of cheaper models doesn't match the reality I experience working in the industry. I have the constant threat hanging over my head of being fired if I don't churn out code quickly enough. I'm not willing to gamble with my livelyhood by using a less effective model. Saving money on tokens isn't something that's rewarded during performance reviews; particularly because it's…
This, if you’re high performing, the company won’t question your use of tokens. If they want to limit it, they have ways to set limits on spend and usage.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#276Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've seen a lot of this sentiment over the previous six months from people on reddit. I have yet to experience this myself as a developer with over 20 years of experience.
It's the same phenomenon as when you learn a new vocabulary word you see it everywhere. People heard "Claude is nerfed" and now they see it everywhere, they notice failures a lot more than they would have otherwise. Doesn't matter that Claude is not, in fact, nerfed. Perception is powerful and most humans are not rational.
This account is an LLM-hype peddler, shilling for Anthropic (check comment history). If they say that Claude is not nerfed, then most likely it is, in fact, nerfed.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
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the obvious answer is because it's easier , faster, and more efficient to flip a true to false right in front of you than it is to prompt an llm. if your response is "my prompts don't produce code that needs values flipped, ever." then I would wager you're only touching very simple things with an LLM. for me I don't care about the token cost and prompt writing so much as the fact that it's just faster to change 0 to…
The thing that drove me away from manual edits was that I found myself confusing the LLM all the time. It would read or write, some code, I'd twiddle with things, and then the LLM's future references to the same code would be a mess. On balance, and via dictation, it feels likely to be faster overall to just enact the changes I want 'inline' of the conversation thread. Is this stuff any better now? I think current ha…
Not really. Whenever I manually edit the code, the next turn will overwrite the changes back. You kinda have to let them know not to do that.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#278Earlier quoted context omitted.
I went to 4.7, didn't have a choice, found it unsatisfactory, then Claude quietly added in the option to use 4.6, so I'm back on 4.6, and I'm not the only one in my company. I had far more hallucinations with 4.7 than 4.6. I'll try it again after a few more months for them to get it right, but 4.6 is what changed my mind on LLMs as a tool, and 4.7 felt like a step backwards, so for now I'm sticking with something tha…
How did you manage to do that? /model command returns only 4 choices for me: Opus 4.7, two Sonnet options and Haiku.
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Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
#279The title is somewhat bait. It reads like MSFT is using less AI, while in fact it's just a force swap to Copilot. Arguably, Copilot is GPT 5? Not sure what the CLI offers behind the covers.
I disagree. As someone who just got a new Windows laptop with Copilot baked(forced) in I've tested Copilot a lot. It. is. so. bad. It feels like it's at least 1-2 years behind the current top models.
Copilot cannot be behind any models because it's a harness, not a model. You can use any of the popular models through it, including Claude models. Though people have been saying that Claude CLI is a better experience.
Re: Microsoft starts canceling Claude Code licenses
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I just committed the skill to my dotfiles repository. https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/tree/master/~/.clau... There are many "critics", one for each quality I want reviewed. Correctness, consistency, maintainability, security, testing... Everything I could think of, and I keep adding more. https://github.com/matheusmoreira/.files/tree/master/~/.clau... The scrutinize skill is the entry point. The Opus I'm tal…
Thanks for sharing that, I am looking to improve my agentic use, and it will be useful as I develop my own path.
You're welcome. Email me when you discover your own path? I could learn a thing or two as well. I'm pretty much a beginner when it comes to this stuff. Subscribed like two months ago.