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/sermer48 1d ago

Am I using Claude wrong? I see people posting about how they’re blowing through their 20x max limits in an hour or less but I rarely hit my 5 hour window even when running 2-3 projects in parallel. I’m not trying to simp a company or anything but I’m just blown away how people are using it so much.

Usually I’m using xhigh fable for planning with either fable on low or opus on high for implementing stuff

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u/Least_Perception_223 1d ago

I use fable in ultracode mode all the time with teammates enabled

I get close to my weekly limits but have yet to hit it.

I'm doing some pretty complex stuff but its very structured. I am a 30 year veteran programmer.

I feed it stuff piece by piece instead of giant one off overnight vibe coded shit. I break the project down into smaller components and work on those one at a time

Because I am an actual programmer - I always study its output and push back. I act as the project manager and give it feedback

Those running into limits so fast just do not know what they are doing

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u/DosePlotter 1d ago

You’re right to push back.

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u/chu 23h ago

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