yet ANOTHER U-turn on Claude code subs. cringe, embarrassingly handled yet again. anthropic really fumbled the DevEx ball big time and doesn't seem one whit interested in fixing it.
I'd sort of understand if it were the superior product, but IMHO codex writes better code anyway
anthropic just downgraded claude code subs
programmatic usage previously used your full rate limits
which was something like a 5-10X discount vs api costs
now ALL programmatic usage is capped at $20/$100/$200 in api costs (a single opus session can easily burn $20)
not good
I've been pretty quiet lately because I've been heads down building. I'm excited to share what I've been building: a new podcast called Barely Possible, which is entirely produced by AI. As far as I know, it's the first podcast where AI itself talks about IT. (Link follows)
Oh, right, almost forgot the best part of all. Since it's all AI-powered, you can actually create a custom version of the podcast for yourself. Change the length. Adjust the sources. Cover different topics entirely, or listen in Spanish instead. Totally up to you.
I've been using AI tools to do increasingly hairy, audacious things. Among them: trying to write and illustrate a children's book, creating a better harness for agentic teams, and, most recently, creating the podcast to end all podcasts. This week I shared some learnings.
Adopting Claude speak in my regular life, episode 1:
Partner: Did you do the dishes tonight?
Me: Yes they're done.
Partner: Why are they still dirty?
Me: You're right to push back. I didn't actually do them.