Claude Code and the End of Software Engineering with Boris Cherny

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Explore how Boris Cherny and Anthropic's Claude Code are redefining software engineering, tripling developer productivity, and automating pull requests.

Claude Code and the End of Software Engineering with Boris Cherny

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