Boris Cherny: How We Built Claude Code

The conversation centers on Claude Code, a coding tool developed at Anthropic, and its impact on software engineering practices. Boris Cherny, the creator of Claude Code, discusses its accidental origins as a tool for internal API exploration, evolving into a powerful aid that now automates significant parts of Anthropic's development processes. A key theme is the rapid evolution of AI models; Cherny advises founders to build for models six months in the future rather than the present. The discussion also covers the surprising persistence of the terminal interface, the concept of latent demand driving product development, and the shift towards engineers becoming generalists who leverage AI for coding. Cherny shares that Anthropic has seen a 150% increase in engineer productivity since Claude Code's introduction.