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Source: The Verge
On The Vergecast: How vibe coding took off, how carefully you should guard your email, and how soon you should upgrade your phone.
Claude Code is a developer tool for developers. Over the last year—and especially the last few months—the team at Anthropic has seen a huge number of people across industries and disciplines figure out how to access their terminal so they could build new stuff too. Few AI products have found true product‑market fit the way Claude Code has. But how did that happen? And are we ever going to get out of the terminal?
Claude Code’s Rise
Anthropic’s Claude Code has become a go‑to tool for developers looking to leverage AI in their workflows. The rapid adoption highlights a growing demand for AI‑assisted coding environments that integrate directly with developers’ terminals.
The Vergecast Episode
On this episode of The Vergecast (listen here), Anthropic’s Boris Cherny, head of Claude Code, explains how the project has taken off over the last year. Cherny has recently made headlines for claiming that Claude Code now writes 100 % of his code, and he discusses how his relationship to that code has changed. The conversation also covers:
- Cowork and Anthropic’s efforts to make Claude Code (and everything) more accessible to everyday users.
- The future beyond chat windows—though no one is exactly sure what that will look like yet.
Privacy and Data Guarding
The Verge’s Hayden Field joins the show to continue the conversation about AI and privacy. New agentic systems request vast access to our data, apps, and even devices in exchange for performing useful tasks. Hayden walks through the trade‑offs inherent in that access and offers guidance on how to think about guarding your data moving forward.
RAM Shortage Discussion
Allison Johnson helps answer a listener question about how the current RAM shortage will affect gadget purchases this year. Depending on the age and condition of your devices, the advice ranges from performing maintenance to planning an upgrade. See the full analysis here: RAM shortage and its impact on phones and laptops (2026).
Further Reading
- Anthropic’s Claude Code hype moment: https://www.theverge.com/report/874308/anthropic-claude-code-opus-hype-moment
- Boris Cherny on AI‑written code: https://fortune.com/2026/01/29/100-percent-of-code-at-anthropic-and-openai-is-now-ai-written-boris-cherny-roon/
- The Vergecast episode page: https://pod.link/vergecast
- Privacy considerations with AI agents: https://www.theverge.com/authors/hayden-field
- RAM shortage analysis: https://www.theverge.com/tech/880812/ramageddon-ram-shortage-memory-crisis-price-2026-phones-laptops