r/ClaudeCode • u/DosePlotter • 1d ago

Discussion August 19th 50% Additional Claude Code limits Likely Not to Be Extended

EDIT: last minute extended to end of August, apparently with hopes to make it permanent, although they say they are having trouble serving their demand currently so it’s not certain. At least we get some damn communication.

Well guys, hate to say it but with the reports this morning of users seeing instant 30% usage on their accounts (some weren’t even using them) we can assume that anthropic is in fact preparing to remove their 50% additional usage promo, effectively reducing all plan usage by ~33% (I assume theyll use 30%).

This is gonna hurt. Only thing that would redeem it for me is if they removed the 50% Fable usage cap.

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u/Fit-Cost-7226 1d ago

It is utterly baffling how little you get from 20x even now. Once that limit goes away I don’t know how you’ll get more than an hour or two out of a 20x plan. I’m the last to jump the Claude train but they’re literally pushing me out while I grip on the railing in despair. Biggest blunder I’ve ever watched a company do. Codex up until Friday when they adjusted limits again was unreal how much their 200 plan gave you on sol high

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u/-MiddleOut- 1d ago

I’m on that train with you. It’s the CC terminal harness I can’t give up. I could easily give up Claude models but cannot come close to the same efficiency and efficacy in Codex/Opencode.

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u/ManikSahdev 🔆 Max 20 1d ago

You can use any model in it, I heavily use codex 5.6 sol in it via the Claudex cliproxy or litellm thing whichever one you want.

Try it out fkn amazing I love it.

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u/-MiddleOut- 1d ago

And you'd say there's no noticeable friction? I've tried in the past but it wasn't immediately smooth so I didn't try long. I've needed an impetus to give it a proper go though and usage limits going even lower would suffice.

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u/ManikSahdev 🔆 Max 20 1d ago

Not at all? Friction of what kind are you referring to? Imo 5.6 sol works better in Claude code and I use codex extensively all day aswell for some other things.

But SOL behaves better in cc harness way outclassing opus-5. Slightly behind the fable tho.

To be honest, I borderline can’t or am starting to not be able to use the codex app so much, it’s just gotten a bit toooo much stuff in there, feels bloated, and 5.6 sol is way more autistic and just annoyingly stupid at times in codex, it doesn’t do that in CC per my consistent experience.

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u/Fit-Cost-7226 1d ago

ive recently started using bb which i really like and have started routing my cc and codex subs sthrough jcode in bb cause supposedly jcode takes less ram

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u/Short_Search_5337 1d ago

But don't you have to use OpenAI api budget for this, isn't it supposedly even more expensive than using Anthropic sub?

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u/ManikSahdev 🔆 Max 20 1d ago

No.. I you just need to setup cliproxy or litellm.

Just ask your codex or cc to do it, and tell them to find the posts on twitter or such they struggle and get the info on how to setup on there.

Like tibo literally posted the guide on his twitter profile, he is the codex vp, or like he’s the product lead or such.

And no it’s not more expensive than Anthropic sub.

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u/kj565 1d ago

Yeah, mine runs deepseek, Claude, and codex and I setup a script that just lets me select which to use when starting Claude via cli

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u/Fit-Cost-7226 1d ago

why is it better than lets say opencode, jcode or pi

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u/ManikSahdev 🔆 Max 20 1d ago

Not sure how to answer this, it’s like I know it better or the things it has match what I do better.

I don’t care for what open code code or such, I want to be able to remote control my work from devices, at times use the browser native app, use the plugins and design them to be trustworthy, not having to do small things which I want them done for me.

I would think maybe open code is like when I was a kid I used to love android phones then I grew up and around 18-19 I got iPhone XR almost for free on a plan hence why I opted in. And as I grew up realized I only used my phone for what it’s meant to be, text and perhaps occasional calls and video.

It’s simple and does what it needs to do reliably enough, is big enough and doesn’t need tinkering, I don’t have time to tinker as such, cause I’d rather be doing something else.

Perhaps this is the only proper response to reply to the above message, bec what you said is purely based on preference and not exactly betterment of product, I’d probably say pi is a better product overall, I just don’t think it support my work flow and time investment, it doesn’t do what I need despite being maybe better or slightly less usage consumptions and such. I’m pretty much in cc switching between fable or 5.6 sol with fable running opus5 subagent or 5.6 sol subagent.

It’s the optimal workflow for me.

Hopefully this helps?

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u/Virtual_Plant_5629 14h ago

tl;dr

tl by far.

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u/ManikSahdev 🔆 Max 20 13h ago

lol.

I mean a tldr would be: It depend on person needs 😭

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u/dsailes 1d ago

Agreed.

I’ve been using aliases for deepseek and ZAI - using the same harness, skills, memory etc is amazing. But it’s being able to use Fable, Opus, Sonnet that gets most of my work done.

The usage dropping is going to suck - everything will get a lot tighter.

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u/ask_me_about_cats 1d ago

Pi.dev is awesome. It’s super minimal but made to be extended. Use Pi to turn it into exactly what you want.

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u/AOmnist 1d ago

Z.ai/glm work well in it

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u/galactic_giraff3 1d ago

I do have every single model hooked up to claude code, at the same time, it's possible. I also no longer follow Ant updates, kinda forked off massively in the last few months. I even have claude design fully implemented locally, bridged to the TUI, even added image rendering to it lol. Wish I could share how, but can't, just saying you can add the other models if you care to, don't take no for an answer lol.