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Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.

On Wednesday afternoon, Anthropic experienced a brief but complete service outage that took down its AI infrastructure, leaving developers unable to access Claude.ai, the API, Claude Code, or the management console for around half an hour. The disruption, though lasting only about 30 minutes, quickly took the top spot on tech link-sharing site Hacker News for a short time and inspired immediate reactions from developers who have become increasingly reliant on AI coding tools for their daily work. Wednesday's outage served as a reminder that as dependency on AI grows, even minor service disruptions can become major events that affect an entire profession.

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