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Comment · 17 days ago
I'm a bit confused by this comment. I thought Enterprise customers didn't have access to fixed price plans like the $500/month personal tier and instead paid per token? If that's available to businesses, Astra seems like a no-brainer. But at least the regular Business plans only show me the $25 and $125/month options and the latter is a very recent addition.
Comment · 1 month ago
I think there are already laws in a lot of places requiring food images whether photographs, illustrations, AI generated images, etc. not to materially mislead consumers about what they’re buying.
So people using AI for this might soon run into issues with hallucinated extra ingredients or exaggerated portion sizes.
Comment · 2 months ago
I don't care if a project uses AI or not, but I absolutely do care that they are firmly gatekept in alignment with their vision and team dynamics. Then I can choose projects whose gatekeeping policies I agree with.
There is never not an alternative to something, and I can always have my AI botch together my own version if I think this is going to get me better results.
Comment · 2 months ago
From long ago memory: in Python 2, 1 / 2 did integer division. You had to do something like 1 / 2.0 if you wanted floating point division.
Comment · 2 months ago
I think they didn't even bother making a separate post about their backpedaling, they just slapped some disclaimers onto the existing page:
https://support.claude.com/en/articles/15036540-use-the-clau...
Update June 15: We're pausing the changes to Claude Agent SDK usage described below. For now, nothing has changed: Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage still draw from your subscription's usage limits. The previously announced monthly credit, which would have been available to eligible claimants in connection with these changes, isn't available. We’re working to update the plan to better support how users build with Claude subscriptions. When we have an update, we'll share it before anything takes effect.
Comment · 2 months ago
I think it’s more branding than moat. Free advertising if every vibe coded repo on GitHub has a CLAUDE.md at the root.
And its probably also to make people think there’s something special about Claude.
Comment · 2 months ago
His twitter has a daily production video log showing the process. Mesmerizing.
And some longer form videos on YouTube as well like this one "Making PS2" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCpJwhSivc
Comment · 2 months ago
I don't think the problem is that people don't believe AI can be beneficial. The problem is the perception that AI will affect people's lives more negatively than positively, while a few get even more obscenely rich and powerful.
If you don't tackle the societal level problems, nobody will care about research breakthroughs.
Comment · 2 months ago
To me, it feels closer to dealing with a personal outsourcing agency than working with internal coworkers, because the agents have zero skin in the game.
It's great. You can get a lot of stuff done in parallel. But it's much more a game of checkbox compliance than working with someone who has their head in the same context as you all day. Even a very junior teammate has some situational awareness inside a company/team.
Comment · 2 months ago
Something I've noticed quite a bit on the paid plans as well is that it starts its answers with "I mostly agree..." or "almost correct...," then goes through the list of points I made without actually disagreeing with any of them.
I assumed this is a system prompt or RL that nudges it to be always skeptical but then it still has like all the models the urge to appease the user.
Comment · 2 months ago
What has worked reasonably well for me so far is not trying to stop it from writing its inane walls of text in the first place.
Let it vomit it all out, then have a /tldr with instructions to make the last answer concise and intelligible
Comment · 2 months ago
This is the email I received yesterday.
I think them downsizing the free tier is perfectly fine. Giving two weeks’ notice before terminating instances is not. But since this is Oracle, I always assumed they’d do something villainy someday, so it’s a bit whatever.
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Hello,
We're writing to let you know about an important update regarding Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Always Free compute.
The Always Free compute limits have been updated. If your tenancy is currently using Always Free compute resources above the new limits, you must reduce your usage by August 18, 2026.
Beginning on August 18, 2026, Oracle will begin enforcing the updated Always Free compute limits. Compute instances that exceed the Always Free entitlement will be automatically terminated.
Current Always Free compute limits
Up to 2 Ampere A1 OCPUs
Up to 12 GB of memory
Your tenancy and other Always Free services will remain available. If compute instances are terminated because they exceed the Always Free entitlement, you can launch new Always Free compute instances within the current limits at any time.
You can review the current Always Free limits and manage your compute resources in the OCI Console.
For more information, see:
Always Free Documentation
The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Team
Comment · 3 months ago
I would say by default, the AI aesthetic is the opposite of utilitarian. It adds so much unnecessary bits and bobs everywhere, random things that look reasonable at first glance but often are nonsensical noise. The visual equivalent of the endless yapping in chat.
For me it was a lot of work with Fable to keep it focused on producing a minimal, medium-high information density system. Sure, it works very well if you are just IP laundering another product, less so for more niche applications. Still super useful, but I haven't seen it produce much "intentional" design on its own.
Comment · 3 months ago
Inevitably, yes, that is one of the ways. Albeit not a very useful one.
Keep in mind that the definition of news I’m using is specifically “reporting on recent events,” not all forms of journalism or ways in which information is shared.
It’s the former that I have gripes with and see people consume like a drug. It takes significant effort to be informed about the world, and reading the news, I think, is not a very good way to do so. The time and mental energy are better spent elsewhere.
It seems to me that if the intent is not just to produce code but also to operate it, having the different pieces behave in a similar, predictable way is kind of nice. Whether the software is written by AI or humans.