alienfader

Fair question. Let me be specific. What I'm NOT claiming:

Copyright infringement — I can't prove they copied code Patent violation — neither of us has a patent

What I AM claiming:

I published a specific architecture in October 2025 They shipped a similar architecture in 2026 I sent formal notice to document my prior art — in case they ever file a patent or claim to have invented this They've ignored four communications

What I actually want:

Acknowledgment that my notice was received That's it

You're right. they don't have to acknowledge me. But "don't have to" and "shouldn't" are different things. If a small developer reaches out professionally about architectural overlap, and the company that preaches "transparency" and "trust" can't send a two-line reply in four months? That's a choice. And it says something about how they treat indie devs in their ecosystem. Maybe I'm not owed a response. But I'm also not wrong for being frustrated by silence.

I'd happily take pride if they'd acknowledged it. A single reply. That's all. Instead I got silence. There's no pride in that,,just frustration. But I sincerely appreciate your input.

Noted. What do you suggest I do?

Creator here. I built Continuity, a VS Code extension that gives AI coding assistants persistent memory. First commit: October 3, 2025. Published on VS Code Marketplace: October 31, 2025. In 2026, Claude Code shipped:

MEMORY.md (local markdown storage) Auto-memory (automatic context capture) Auto-dream (automatic insight capture)

My codebase from October 2025:

SESSION_NOTES.md (local markdown storage) AutoDecisionLogger.ts (automatic context capture) ConversationAnalyzer.ts (automatic insight extraction) ArchitecturalFileWatcher.ts (file change detection)

Same architecture. Same behavior. Four months apart. I sent three formal communications to Anthropic's legal team requesting acknowledgment of my prior art notice. I tried their support chat again this month. Four attempts. Zero response. I'm not claiming they copied code — I can't prove access. I'm not threatening legal action. I'm asking for acknowledgment that my communication exists. All evidence is timestamped and public: git commits, marketplace listing, support ticket number. Question for HN: What recourse do indie developers actually have when a platform ships their architecture and won't communicate?