… But no tool is perfect, and Claude isn't either. The model itself is great, and I'm not talking about the usage limits here though that's another problem worth having a conversation over , but rather something I keep running into that puts a halt in my workflow. …
… I'm subscribed because it gets me Deep Research, NotebookLM Plus with more generation limits , 5TB storage, and Gemini integration across Google apps plus features I haven't fully explored yet. The subscription expanded the range of problems I can solve without manual workarounds. …
… But there is something that stands in the way of using Claude for these smaller things... The elephant in the room: Claude's limits Claude's free plan cuts the conversation short There's no way to discuss Claude's free plan without discussing its extremely strict limits during peak times. …
… Probably the biggest difference is that Claude has tighter usage limits. While I used to hit ChatGPT Pro’s caps in the early days, by early 2026, it had become a rare event. With Claude, it’s much easier to hit the limits. …
… The Claude Code setup took a few steps to get it up and running. I installed Claude Code on the server and registered docker-mcp to the Docker socket. I added a CLAUDE.md to set boundaries around sensitive containers. …
… MORE CONTEXT Customers revolt as GitHub Copilot 'fixes' rate limits Claude is getting worse, according to Claude Stack Overflow abandons redesign after loyalists criticize it AI will make anyone a 10x programmer, but with 10x the cleanup Microsoft closed an issue on this as "out of scope" but has l… …
… But strong is not the same as smooth, and I faced the same friction as with Claude. …
… With Claude Code though, it felt more like I was finding creative workarounds: pushing a coding tool into territory it wasn't really designed for. …
… Claude handled it without a hitch It generated an interactive course for me, which was more than I expected Claude didn’t just answer my prompt , it built an interactive module without me asking for one - I was actually able to download the course as an html file and use it in my browser. …
… With the uber-powerful Claude Code supporting local LLM backends, I’ve hooked mine up to Qwen3.6-35B-A3B. …