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

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