Building Claude Code: Origin, Story, Product Iterations, & What's Next // MLOps Podcast #342 with Siddharth Bidasaria, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic.
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// Abstract
Demetrios Brinkmann talks with Siddharth Bidasaria about Anthropic’s Claude code — how it was built, key features like file tools and Spotify control, and the team’s lean, user-focused approach. They explore testing, subagents, and the future of agentic coding, plus how users are pushing its limits.
// BioSoftware engineer. Founding team of Claude Code. Ex-Robinhood and Rubrik.
// Related Links
Bio: https://sidb.io/
Sid's Blog: https://sidb.io/posts/
I Let An AI Play Pokémon! - Claude plays Pokémon Creator: https://youtu.be/nRHeGJwVP18
How Data Platforms Affect ML & AI // Jake Watson // MLOps Podcast #207: https://youtu.be/xWApMuyct_4
The Agent Landscape - Lessons Learned Putting Agents Into Production: https://youtu.be/lRGldru7ohU
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Timestamps:
[00:00] MCP servers usage creativity
[00:34] Claude's code origin story
[05:17] R&D freedom and tools
[09:08] Model potential discovery
[12:06] Model adaptation strategies
[19:13] Steerability vs pattern alignment
[22:09] Features to delete
[24:12] Moore's law in LLMs
[32:42] Power user surprises
[35:56] Sub-agent evolution insights
[39:54] Agent communication governance
[45:26] At-scale agent coordination
[49:56] Wrap up
