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Pragmatic Engineer: Did Anthropic Capacity Shortages Turn Them Hostile to Devs? Plus Amazon Lifts Claude Code Ban After 1,500-Engineer Petition
The Pragmatic Engineer's Pulse reports on Anthropic's capacity crisis — Pro users maxed out within hours, Max subscribers hitting limits in 19 minutes, Claude Code blocking requests containing 'OpenClaw' in git commits. Resolution came via SpaceX's Colossus datacenter (220K+ GPUs), doubling limits and removing peak-hour restrictions. Also covers Amazon lifting its ban on Claude Code/Codex after a 1,500-employee petition; VP Haughwout says Claude Code available company-wide immediately, Codex follows May 12. Meta reportedly force-assigning engineers to data labeling ahead of layoffs.
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