Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them. Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
Prophetic
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?
#342Earlier quoted context omitted.
sounds like the "thinking tokens" are a mechanism to extract more money from users?
Anecdotally but it definitely feels like in the last couple weeks CC tends to be more aggressive at pulling in significantly larger chunks of an existing code base - even for some simple queries I'll see it easily ramp up to 50-60k token usage.
This really speaks to the need to separate the LLM you use and the coding tool that uses it. LLM makers utilizing the SaaS model make money on the tokens you spend whether or not they need them. Tools like aider and opencode (each in their own way) use separate tools build a map of the codebase that they can use to work with code using fewer tokens. When I see posts like this I start to understand why Anthropic now blocks opencode.
We're about to get Claude Code for work and I'm sad about it. There are more efficient ways to do the job.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#343The 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.
Today's joke is tomorrow's reality.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#344Earlier quoted context omitted.
Claude Code allegedly auto-includes the currently active file and often all visible tabs and sometimes neighboring files it thinks are 'related' - on every prompt. The advice I got when scouring the internets was primarily to close everything except the file you’re editing and maybe one reference file (before asking Claude anything). For added effect add something like 'Only use the currently open file. Do not read o…
What does "all visible tabs" mean in the context of Claude Code in a terminal window? Are you saying it's reading other terminals open on the system? Also how do you determine "currently active file"? It just greps files as needed.
You can install VSCode extension and use "/ide" to connect them.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#345Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never run out of this mysterious quota thing. I close Claude Code at 10% context and restart. I work for hours and it never says anything. No clue why you’re hitting this. $230 pro max.
Any clue why you might be a favored/favoured high value user?
The entire conversation is fed in as context effectively compounding your token usage over the course of a session. Sessions are most efficient when used for one task only.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#346There needs to be a law that prevents companies from simply banning you, especially when it's an important company. There should be an explanation and they shouldn't be allowed to hide behind some veil. There should be a real process with real humans that allow for appeals etc instead of scripts and bots and automated replies.
100% agreed. Freedom of association should be exclusively a human right that corporations don't get. For them, I wish it were a privilege that scaled down with size and valuation, such that multibillion dollar companies wouldn't be allowed to ban anyone without a court agreeing they did something wrong.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#347Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#348I'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…
> Lately it's gotten entirely flaky, where chat's will just stop working
This happens to me more often than not both in the Claude Desktop and in web. It seems that longer the conversation goes the more likely it is to happen. Frustrating.
Re: I was banned from Claude for scaffolding a Claude.md file?
#349Earlier quoted context omitted.
There will always be the "ones" that come with their victim blaming...
It's not "victim blaming" to point out that we lack sufficient information to really know who the victim even is, or if there's one at all. Believing complainants uncritically isn't some sort of virtue you can reasonably expect people to adhere to. (My bet is that Anthropic's automated systems erred, but the author's flamboyant manner of writing (particularly the way he keeps making a big deal out of an error message…
> Believing complainants uncritically isn't some sort of virtue you can reasonably expect people to adhere to.
It is when the other side refuses to tell their side of the story. Compare it to a courtroom trial. If you sue someone, and they don't show up and tell their side of the story, the judge is going to accept your side pretty much as you tell it.