Anthropic AI Services Face Outage, Developers 'Code Like Cavemen' Amid Disruption

Sep 14, 2025
Startup Ecosystem Canada
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Summary

Anthropic, a leading AI company, experiences a 30-minute service outage, disrupting its AI infrastructure including Claude.ai, API, and coding tools, forcing developers to temporarily 'code like cavemen' without AI assistance, highlighting the tech industry's reliance on AI.

Key Points

  • Anthropic, a prominent AI company, faces a significant service outage affecting its AI infrastructure, including Claude.ai, the API, and coding tools.
  • The outage lasts approximately 30 minutes, impacting developers who rely heavily on AI coding tools and prompting humorous comments about 'coding like cavemen'.
  • The incident highlights the dependency of modern developers on AI tools and the critical role AI plays in current software development workflows.

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