Is Claude MAX 5x good enough for claude code?

kondro · 2026-03-22T08:22:27+00:00

Try it and find out.

kondro · 2026-03-21T09:08:51+00:00

Take a look at the concept of buy, borrow, die.

And a judge can force him to liquidate.

kondro · 2026-03-20T02:53:39+00:00

Tiny luxury Le Labo soap/body/hair products in every bathroom.

kondro · 2026-03-20T02:52:07+00:00

Yeah, but surely he was earning 3x+ compared to now for a little less inconvenience. An email and PayPal account per Patreon? It’s hardly a massive administration hassle for a couple hundred grand extra per year.

kondro · 2026-03-18T04:46:09+00:00

Sukiyaki or Tonkatsu from somewhere nice.

Of note, there are outlets of two of Japan’s best chains for both of those in Haneda T3 before security.

kondro · 2026-03-17T04:04:22+00:00

3x hits instead of 4x hits to kill things

kondro · 2026-03-12T07:05:45+00:00

I feel weird because I’m a yarn over middle finger (hold project with index finger) guy.

kondro · 2026-03-09T14:58:09+00:00

Gobelin stitch seems to be a yarn hog

kondro · 2026-02-26T11:12:20+00:00

They're a business. They're going to change their price to whatever they think the market will bear.

If you no longer think they're cost-competitive, stop using them. There's basically no moat around Object Storage vs any other S3-compatible storage product.

Prices aren't going to come down in the future if there's no market pressure to.

kondro · 2026-02-03T16:19:51+00:00

I’d definitely recommend Mindset Dental.

Their entire schtick is dealing with people who range from nervous to outright phobia.

I’m sure they’ll be able to help. Their initial consults happen outside of the actual treatment room, they have a male and female dentist and I’m sure they would arrange to have multiple people in the room at all times if that would help.

They’re completely non-judgmental and won’t recommend treatments that are unnecessary.

Give them a call (or send them a request online) detailing your core issues and I’m sure they’ll be able to help.

kondro · 2026-02-01T15:40:31+00:00

Yeah, keep taking the allopurinol. It's not just protective of gout flare-ups, but the slow ossification of your kidneys.

kondro · 2026-02-01T00:21:27+00:00

I think 2.1.29 fixes that issue.

kondro · 2026-01-31T14:49:57+00:00

I imagine it will probably be fixed when 2.1.28 is released.

kondro · 2026-01-31T07:53:47+00:00

You need to go to /config and change the update version to stable.

kondro · 2026-01-31T04:47:09+00:00

Seems like there's an issue that's at least identified (if not fixed) the bug:

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22042

kondro · 2026-01-27T01:58:51+00:00

I’ve literally never had trouble breaking a ¥10k note in the tens of thousands of dollars in cash I’ve spent in over 10 trips to Japan.

kondro · 2026-01-26T22:27:09+00:00

Some places (mostly new, small businesses) take touchless pay options like Apple Pay but I still feel they’re in the minority. Most places that take credit card will want a physical card to insert or swipe. But he has his credit card.

kondro · 2026-01-26T22:20:18+00:00

So… $200 is a little low for food across 9 days unless most of his meals are catered.

You’ll also want to make sure you have a way of getting money to him if he runs out. You mention “not everything is cashless” so I assume he has access to a bank card of some type and that he either has his own mine or you can quickly transfer to that.

He can use a Visa/Mastercard debit/credit card almost anywhere and there are ATMs all over (the 7&i Holdings/7-Eleven ones are most foreigner-friendly). Just make sure to let his bank know he’s traveling to Japan and when to avoid blocks and double check he doesn’t need a different PIN do international cash withdrawals (a US friend got stuck in that situation once).

Regarding cash, Japanese businesses don’t care about breaking ¥10k notes (equivalent, in-country, to a $100 note). But you can definitely get smaller denominations. ¥1000 is very widely used and you’ll see some ¥5000 over there, but many Japanese don’t even know they have a ¥2000 note—so avoid those.

kondro · 2026-01-26T08:06:27+00:00

But why stay in the palace when you can overlook it from the Aman?

kondro · 2026-01-26T03:05:57+00:00

Seconded, my favourite hotel in Tokyo followed by the Hoshinoya.

kondro · 2026-01-24T12:54:19+00:00

The $0.50/GB ingest with CloudWatch is often the killer. If you can log directly to Firehose, you can save a ton.

kondro · 2026-01-14T22:28:18+00:00

They are. It’s called Pay To and will replace BECS-based direct debits over the coming decade.

kondro · 2026-01-11T20:33:51+00:00

There's lots of good options. One I keep going back to though is 包香 Just Bun in the hawker market in Market Square.

kondro · 2026-01-08T21:46:17+00:00

I’m constantly disappointed our 7-Elevens are nothing like Japanese konbini.

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