How Anthropic Builds And How Engineering Will Change Soon | Thariq Shihipar

<p>Thariq Shihipar is an engineer on Anthropic’s Claude Code team I asked him how Anthropic makes the most out of the models for engineering and how the industry will change soon.</p><p><br></p><p>• My ergonomic keyboard project I mentioned, you can follow along here: https://read.compose.llc/</p><p>• The Kickstarter page for it: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanlpeterman/compose-simple-ergonomics-beautifully-done</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast links:</p><p><br></p><p>• YouTube: https://youtu.be/2Kch3tWMnw8</p><p>• Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peterman-pod/id1777363835</p><p>• Transcript: https://www.developing.dev/p/how-anthropic-builds-and-how-engineering</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to this episode&#39;s sponsor for supporting my work:</p><p><br></p><p>• WorkOS: makes your app Enterprise Ready with easy to use APIs to add SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and more in just a few lines of code, check them out at https://workos.com/</p><p><br></p><p>Timestamps:</p><p><br></p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(00:29) Onboarding at Anthropic</p><p>(02:53) Internal capabilities vs external perception</p><p>(06:16) Model vs Harness</p><p>(08:55) What percent of Anthropics changes are fully autonomous</p><p>(14:51) Computer use</p><p>(17:42) How to make the most out of your compute</p><p>(20:45) Loop engineering</p><p>(22:47) Where the industry will go soon</p><p>(26:02) Which model do Anthropic engineers use</p><p>(27:38) Is learning a particular model worth it</p><p>(30:56) Prompting tips for todays models</p><p>(35:04) How to get the models to do tasteful work</p><p>(39:00) How much of writing is done by AI at Anthropic</p><p>(45:36) Code ownership and maintenance at Anthropic</p><p>(52:04) How Anthropic prevents breakages</p><p>(55:24) Visibility and sharing your work</p><p>(58:42) Luck surface area example</p><p>(01:00:57) Should people still learn to code</p><p>(01:07:42) Advice for his younger self</p><p>(01:09:58) Outro</p><p><br></p><p>Where to find Thariq:</p><p><br></p><p>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/trq212</p><p>• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thariqshihipar/</p><p>• Personal Website: https://www.thariq.io/</p><p><br></p><p>Where to find Ryan:</p><p><br></p><p>• Newsletter: https://www.developing.dev/</p><p>• X/Twitter: https://x.com/ryanlpeterman</p><p>• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanlpeterman/</p><p>• Threads: https://www.threads.com/@ryanlpeterman</p><p>• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryanlpeterman</p><p>• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ryanlpeterman</p><p><br></p><p>Referenced in this episode:</p><p><br></p><p>• Anthropic&#39;s post on removing 80% of Claude Code&#39;s system prompt: https://claude.com/blog/the-new-rules-of-context-engineering-for-claude-5-generation-models</p>