Claude Code: Anthropic built a tool that is changing the company itself
Claude Code isn't another plugin for a visual editor. It's a full-fledged agent that runs in the terminal. While the industry argues over whether AI is useful, Anthropic is already using it heavily in-house. Project lead Boris Cherny says the tool is changing the culture of development itself. Engineers no longer write every line; they direct the process. That turns programming from a craft into architectural oversight. We used to wait for "copilots"; now we have autonomous executors. The only question is how many human developers will still be in the loop a couple of years from now.
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Anthropic's agentic coding tool, Claude Code, finds bugs in code on its own, fixes them, runs tests, and checks the results. The company uses it for its own development. According to Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, the tool has changed Anthropic's internal work culture and lets teams finish in minutes tasks that used to take an entire workday.
What Claude Code does
The tool lives right in the terminal and understands the context of the entire codebase. It isn't "smart search"; it's an agent that acts on its own: it finds bugs, fixes them, runs tests, and checks the results. The tool was built by a team led by Boris Cherny.
How Claude Code changed work at Anthropic
Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, told Wired how the tool is changing work inside Anthropic. According to him, Claude Code has changed the company's internal culture: Anthropic engineers spend less time on routine tasks. The company says Claude Code can do in minutes what used to take an entire workday.
From autocomplete to agents
IDEs used to just suggest the next word or close a bracket — simple autocomplete. Claude Code works differently: it doesn't just make suggestions, it carries out tasks on its own.
Who created Claude Code?
Claude Code was created by an Anthropic team led by Boris Cherny, who heads Claude Code at the company.
What can Claude Code do?
Claude Code runs in the terminal, understands the context of the entire codebase, and acts on its own: it finds bugs, fixes them, runs tests, and checks the results.
How did Claude Code change the work of Anthropic engineers?
According to Boris Cherny, Claude Code has changed Anthropic's internal culture: engineers spend less time on routine work, and tasks that used to take an entire workday now get done in minutes.
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Key Questions Answered
Who created Claude Code?
Claude Code was created by an Anthropic team led by Boris Cherny, who heads Claude Code at the company.
What can Claude Code do?
Claude Code runs in the terminal, understands the context of the entire codebase, and acts on its own: it finds bugs, fixes them, runs tests, and checks the results.
How did Claude Code change the work of Anthropic engineers?
According to Boris Cherny, Claude Code has changed Anthropic's internal culture: engineers spend less time on routine work, and tasks that used to take an entire workday now get done in minutes.
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