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

Building Claude Code: Origin, Story, Product Iterations, & What's Next // Siddharth Bidasaria // #342

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