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1. esafak+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:35:29
End users -- people who use harnesses -- have subscriptions so that makes no sense. General API usage is for production.
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2. usef-+p2[view] [source] 2026-02-04 21:48:00
>>esafak+(OP)
"Production" what?

The API is for using the model directly with your own tools. It can be in dev, or experiments, or anything.

Subscriptions are for using the apps Claude + code. That's what it always said when you sign up.

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3. esafak+Z3[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 21:56:27
>>usef-+p2
Production code, of course; deployed software. For when you need to make LLM calls.
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4. eli+89[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 22:21:59
>>usef-+p2
Production = people who can afford to pay API rates for a coding harness
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5. usef-+Hb[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 22:34:28
>>eli+89
Saying their prices are too high is an understandable complaint; I'm only arguing against the complaint that people were stopped from hacking the subscriptions.

LLMs are a hyper-competitive market at the moment, and we have a wealth of options, so if Anthropic is overpricing their API they'll likely be hurting themselves.

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