About this episode

Boris Cherny discusses the development and implications of Claude Code, a coding agent by Anthropic, and its impact on software engineering.

2026 has been, in terms of software, the year everyone is talking about Claude Code. Indeed, Anthropic's coding agent incited a market scare — and helped usher in the era of vibe coding — through its promise of streamlining software development for both pros and amateurs. Famously, Claude Code began as a side project of Anthropic led by Boris Cherny, who speaks to us today about the early days of Claude Code and how he and his team approach building an agentic coding tool. We also talk about the business aims of a harness like Claude Code, safety and alignment research, the specific skillset he looks for in engineers now that code writing is a deemphasized skill, and what happens when Claude Code feels more like a co-worker than a tool. Read more: For Software Engineers, the AI Reckoning Is Already Here Dimon Warns of Broad Mythos Access, Calling It a Real Issue Only http://Bloomberg.com subscribers can get the Odd Lots newsletter in their inbox each week, plus unlimited access to the site and app. Subscribe at  bloomberg.com/subscriptions/oddlots Subscribe to the Odd Lots Newsletter Join the conversation: discord.gg/oddlots See omnystudio.com/listener for…

People in this episode

Guest: Boris Cherny

Topics covered

• software development
• AI coding tools
• business aims
• safety research
• engineering skills

Keywords

• Claude Code
• Boris Cherny
• Anthropic
• AI
• software development
• vibe coding
• engineering skills

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Anthropic

Products: Claude Code

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