Claude Code is a major (and accidental!) hit for Anthropic that surprised even its creator, Boris Cherny. Claude Code, an Agentic AI coding product that lives in the terminal. Most of the new code at Anthropic is created through it today. And in the last 5 months since it... was launched publicly, Claude Code went from $0 to $400M in revenue run rate (as per The Information). 00:00 – Intro 01:15 – Did You Expect Claude Code’s Success? 04:22 – How Claude Code Works and Origins 08:05 – Command Line vs IDE: Why Start Claude Code in the Terminal? 11:31 – The Evolution of Programming: From Punch Cards to Agents 13:20 – Product Follows Model: Simple Interfaces and Fast Evolution 15:17 – Who Is Claude Code For? (Engineers, Designers, PMs & More) 17:46 – What Can Claude Code Actually Do? (Actions & Capabilities) 21:14 – Agentic Actions, Subagents, and Workflows 25:30 – Claude Code’s Awareness, Memory, and Knowledge Sharing 33:28 – Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Customization 35:30 – Safety, Human Oversight, and Enterprise Considerations 38:10 – UX/UI: Making Claude Code Useful and Enjoyable 40:44 – Pricing for Power Users and Subscription Models 43:36 – Real-World Use Cases: Debugging, Testing, and More 46:44 – How Does Claude Code Transform Onboarding? 49:36 – The Future of Coding: Agents, Teams, and Collaboration 54:11 – The AI Coding Wars: Competition & Ecosystem 57:27 – The Future of Coding as a Profession 58:41 – What’s Next for Claude Codeshow more

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@AnthropicAI @bcherny really like their direction - don't know what the ideal UX for a coding agent will be, so an SDK is prob. the best bet. esp. when everyone is racing to capture maximal attention / minimize control (chatbot is the UI).

@AnthropicAI @bcherny yes, well said

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Bro didn’t ask about his short stint at C. 👀

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Lol, I knew this was coming. I *did* try to ask.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny That's the reason why of all AI providers, I went for paying for a pro account at Anthropic.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny exciting to see the rapid growth of claude code, curious how it shapes the future of dev tools. agentic design could change the game

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Internal tools often become unexpected successes by solving real needs first.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny nice, didn't expect this to blow up like it did. terminal-based tools really shake things up. curious to see how they handle UX with all the racing for attention going on. definitely a solid move tapping into those coding workflows.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Wow, $400M in 5 months? That’s wild. Guess AI coding just became a whole new game.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Now, if I could only get someone from support to help with an ongoing billing issue that has not been resolved for over a month now regarding taxes.

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Sounds like they need to use @GetLago! already powering Mistral, Together, Groq etc

@AnthropicAI @bcherny ytb link ?

@AnthropicAI @bcherny 📺

@AnthropicAI @bcherny ty

@AnthropicAI @bcherny Just curious how old this is because Boris isnt even at Anthropic anymore and i didnt see any mention of this or him now working at cursor in the time labels above

@AnthropicAI @bcherny He's back. I did ask but there was no comment ;-)

@AnthropicAI @bcherny I wish Boris would reply to my emails after I gave Anthropic the python sdk repo so they could publish theirs in exchange for Claude Max subscription and then he left for cursor then came back; read my emails but won’t respond?