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Syed Abdul Basit
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Anthropic just doubled Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits

Anthropic just doubled Claude Code's 5-hour rate limits, and killed peak-hour throttling for Pro and Max users 🚀 The math behind it: 🛰️ A surprise deal with SpaceX for Colossus 1 — 300MW + 220K NVIDIA GPUs ⚡ Tier 1 API users got a 1500% input token increase + 900% output increase 🎯 Effective immediately, no action needed But here's what most articles are missing: ❌ Weekly caps did NOT change ❌ Free tier still excluded ❌ Web Claude (claude.ai) limits unaddressed Here's the honest tier-by-tier breakdown — should you stay on Pro, upgrade to Max, or consider downgrading 👇

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