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I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by bastard_op »

hecanjog wrote: post #129
bastard_op wrote: post #108

I've been doing something a lot like this, using a claude-desktop instance attached to my personal mcp server to spawn claude-code worker nodes for things, and for a month or two now it's been working great using the main desktop chat as a project manager of sorts. I even started paying for MAX plan as I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer). Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, wher…

> I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer) What have you found it useful for? I'm curious about how people without software backgrounds work with it to build software.

About my not having a software background, I started this as I've been a network/security/systems engineer/architect/consultant for 25 years, but never dev work. I can read and follow code well enough to debug things, but I've never had the knack to learn languages and write my own. Never really had to, but wanted to.

This now lets me use my IT and business experience to apply toward making bespoke code for my own uses so far, such as firewall config parsers specialized for wacky vendor cli's and filling in gaps in automation when there are no good vendor solutions for a given task. I started building my mcp server enable me to use agents to interact with the outside world, such as invoking automation for firewalls, switches, routers, servers, even home automation ideally, and I've been successful so far in doing so, still not having to know any code.

I'm sure a real dev will find it to be a giant pile of crap in the end, but I've been doing like applying security frameworks, code style guidelines using ruff, and things like that to keep it from going too wonky, and actually working it up to a state I can call it as a 1.0 and plan to run a full audit cycle against it for security audits, performance testing, and whatever else I can to avoid it being entirely craptastic. If nothing else, it works for me, so others can take it or not once I put it out there.

Even being NOT a developer, I understand the need for applying best practices, and after watching a lot of really terrible developers adjacent to me over the years make a living, think I can offer a thing or two in avoiding that as it is.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by b00ty4breakfast »

unyttigfjelltol wrote: post #191
bastard_op wrote: post #108

I've been doing something a lot like this, using a claude-desktop instance attached to my personal mcp server to spawn claude-code worker nodes for things, and for a month or two now it's been working great using the main desktop chat as a project manager of sorts. I even started paying for MAX plan as I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer). Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, wher…

> I'm paying for a service now that has become almost unusable, with absolutely NO means of support to fix it. Isn’t the future of support a series of automations and LLMs? I mean, have you considered that the AI bot is their tech support, and that it’s about to be everyone else’s approach too?

Support has been automated for a while, LLMs just made it even less useful (and it wasn't very useful to begin with; for over a decade it's been a Byzantine labyrinth of dead-ends, punji-pits and endless hours spent listening to smooth jazz).

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by wewewedxfgdf »

The future (the PRESENT):

You are only allowed to program computers with the permission of mega corporations.

When Claude/ChatGPT/Gemini have banned you, you must leave the industry.

When you sign up, you must provide legal assurance that no LLM has ever banned you (much like applying for insurance). If true then you will be denied permission to program - banned by one, banned by all.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by ashirviskas »

layer8 wrote: post #183
ryandrake wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think if one's readers need an "ironic euphemism decoder glossary" just to understand the message, it could use a little re-writing.

It was perfectly understandable to me. Maybe cultural differences? You seem to be American, OP Portuguese, and myself European as well.

Another European chiming in, I enjoyed OPs article.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by ofalkaed »

hecanjog wrote: post #129
bastard_op wrote: post #108

I've been doing something a lot like this, using a claude-desktop instance attached to my personal mcp server to spawn claude-code worker nodes for things, and for a month or two now it's been working great using the main desktop chat as a project manager of sorts. I even started paying for MAX plan as I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer). Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, wher…

> I've been using it effectively to write software now (I am NOT a developer) What have you found it useful for? I'm curious about how people without software backgrounds work with it to build software.

My use is considerably simpler than GP's but I use it anytime I get bogged down in the details and lose my way, just have Claude handle that bit of code and move on. Also good for any block of code that breaks often as the program evolves, Claude has much better foresight than I do so I replace that code with a prompt.

I enjoy programming but it is not my interest and I can't justify the time required to get competent, so I let Claude and ChatGPT pick up my slack.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by mkl »

bastard_op wrote: post #186
thtmnisamnstr wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gemini CLI is a solid alternative to Claude Code. The limits are restrictive, though. If you're paying for Max, I can't imagine Gemini CLI will take you very far.

I tried Gemini like a year or so ago, and I gave up after it directly refused to write me a script and instead tried to tell me how to learn to code. I do not make this up.

That's at least two major updates ago. Probably worth another try.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by healsdata »

alistairSH wrote: post #12
cortesoft wrote: post #5

I am really confused as to what happened here. The use of ‘disabled organization’ to refer to the author made it extra confusing. I think I kind of have an idea what the author was doing, but not really.

You're not alone. I think the author was doing some sort of circular prompt injection between two instances of Claude? The author claims "I'm just scaffolding a project" but that doesn't appear to be the case, or what resulted in the ban...

The author code have easily shared the last version of Claude.md that had the all caps or whatever, but didn't. Points to something fishy in my mind.

Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?

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Post by irishcoffee »

wwweston wrote: post #196
tuhgdetzhh wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Claude Code has accumulated so much technical dept (+emojis) that Claude Code can no longer code itself.

What’s the opposite of bootstrapping? Stakebooting?

Hmm... VC funded?
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