Sonnet 5 Is Dead in the Water
Ignore the token price for a second and look at the run cost. Theo's total-run screenshot shows Claude Sonnet 5 max at $6,015 for the full Intelligence Index…
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Ignore the token price for a second and look at the run cost. Theo's total-run screenshot shows Claude Sonnet 5 max at $6,015 for the full Intelligence Index…
Read articleAnthropic had the developer story every AI lab craved. Claude Code worked. Opus was expensive but worth the splurge. Sonnet was known as the workhorse. For a time,…
Read articleI started with an easy quota question. Should I get another Claude account or have I been using the ones I have poorly? Then I counted the logs…
Read articleClaude Code has a hidden test for where your requests are going. The trigger is ANTHROPICBASEURL, the environment variable people use when they want Claude Code to talk…
Read articleAnthropic is starting to act like a company preparing for public markets: protecting margins, tightening access. The gap between the brand and the behavior is now too obvious…
Read articleStarting June 15, Anthropic is moving automated Claude Code usage out of the normal subscription bucket. claude -p usage will now count against a separate monthly API-style credit…
Read articleIn a typical multi-agent setup, the smartest model is in charge. It plans, decomposes the task, and sends smaller pieces to cheaper workers. The advisor pattern does something…
Read articleOpus 4.7 is not generally a worse model than Opus 4.6, but there is a real downgrade: with Opus 4.7, the control over the thinking budget is now…
Read articleIf you have both a Claude subscription (Pro/Max) and an ANTHROPICAPIKEY environment variable set, Claude Code will use the API key and bill you at pay-as-you-go rates instead…
Read articleMoving to a new computer or switching from WSL to native Linux? Here's how to preserve all your Claude Code conversation history and make it accessible on your…
Read articleIf you're using Claude Code for development work, you might want to minimize telemetry, disable promotional messages, and keep your Git history clean. Here's how to configure Claude…
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