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Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not
As tools like Claude Code get better, more and more developers are happy to hand off coding tasks to them. The way software gets built has changed for good.
TL;DR
- Anthropic's "Code with Claude" event showcased the increasing reliance on AI, like Claude Code, for software development.
- Many developers admitted to shipping code generated entirely by Claude without reading it.
- Companies like Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft are boasting about the reduced amount of hand-written code.
- Anthropic aims for AI to self-correct and test its own code, minimizing human intervention.
- A new 'dreaming' feature allows Claude Code agents to create notes for future agents to use, improving learning and efficiency.
- Companies like Spotify and Delivery Hero are already using Claude Code extensively.
- Online discussions reveal developer concerns about AI tools being pushed for productivity gains, potentially making development harder due to increased review load.
- Some developers report a decline in their own coding abilities, and researchers warn of unsafe AI-generated code.
- Anthropic engineers state that traditional software development best practices remain essential, and that Claude is currently comparable to a mid-level engineer, with the ultimate goal of AI being able to build itself.