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How Anthropic Builds Software: Thariq Shihipar on Claude Code and the Future of Engineering
In an interview with Ryan Peterman, Thariq Shihipar, an engineer on Anthropic's Claude Code team, discusses how engineering practices are evolving alongside advanced AI models. At Anthropic, developers treat Claude as a thought partner operating at higher levels of abstraction, with manual IDE coding largely diminishing. Shihipar discusses the critical role of harness engineering, loop engineering workflows, verification strategies to prevent incidents, and why foundational technical knowledge remains vital even as coding becomes increasingly automated.