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Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode

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Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode

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Post by dannyw »

SyneRyder wrote: post #20
AussieWog93 wrote: post #14

This is a sensible choice. Their newer models are heavily trained out of the "whoopsie doopsie I deleted prod, and all backups too" behaviour from last year. I've been running it for months in auto mode, heavily, getting it to do sysadmin tasks via SSH across multiple servers for both myself and a client, and there's not even been a whiff of anything dumb/catastrophic -quite the opposite, in fact. I'd even say it's m…

On the dumb side, I think this was 6 August and Opus 5 (though there's a chance it was Opus 4.8), Auto Mode was copying some files into a folder on my machine, and had written a small script to do so: one of those $SRC / $DST situations. And of course, the inevitable happened - it never set $SRC in the bash script, and started copying from the root of my filesystem instead. I'm not sure how I caught it, but I came ba…

Yeah, the over-cautious filters continues to be a massive pain. There also seems to be bifurcation on consumer (and hence token subsidised) and enterprise (hence API) when it comes to 'safeguards'. The exact same prompts hit safeguards in a consumer account, but not with my work account.

While there's been some improvements, Anthropic's filters _really_ hate self-hosted GPU setups, or multi-machine homelabs.

I have a 'homelab' (a 4x5060Ti 16GB rig + 2x DGX Spark + couple Intel Arcs for AV1 encoding). Fable would often refuse for just about anything, even basic sysadmin, if I try to run it from my laptop (so ssh'ing into my local network).

If I run Claude directly on machines, I get a little bit more mileage, but ask it to optimise the inference speed of DSv4 Flash? Fable refusal. Try to experiment with interesting research, like RYS[1]? Fable refusal.

It actively interfered with my everyday work, so I downgraded my Claude plan and mostly use self-served DSv4 flash + Codex now.

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731; which is truly excellent; about ~50 toks/sec hosted locally on my 2x Sparks (for comparison; Opus is like ~65). Is it going to be profitable/ROI? Probably not.

But does it actually let me learn and experiment with LLMs, diffusion models, video models, and gain knowledge and fun instead of being subdued to calling cloud APIs with mandatory data retention? Yes, and that's worth it for me.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47431671

Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode

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Post by dannyw »

exabrial wrote: post #18
SOLAR_FIELDS wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anything that happens on the client, you can capture. You can capture anything delivered to the client that isn’t exposed by downloading the Claude code binary, unpacking it, and patching the nodejs HTTP library fetch call to listen for all traffic, then analyze it and build your own tracing. Or you can MITM with a proxy for a bit more heavy handed approach. It sucks you don’t get it out of the box, but you could lit…

I don't think they send the thought traces over the wire at all now for Opus5

Summarised thinking is still sent over the wire via API at least if you request it, inc for Opus 5, inc for Fable 5.

Re: Claude Code: Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode

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Post by sevenseacat »

AussieWog93 wrote: post #14

This is a sensible choice. Their newer models are heavily trained out of the "whoopsie doopsie I deleted prod, and all backups too" behaviour from last year. I've been running it for months in auto mode, heavily, getting it to do sysadmin tasks via SSH across multiple servers for both myself and a client, and there's not even been a whiff of anything dumb/catastrophic -quite the opposite, in fact. I'd even say it's m…

Yeah nah, one of my coworkers was building stuff via TDD yesterday and Claude Code ended up running a test that ran `rm -rf` on his home directory. So dumb shit like this does still happen.
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