The Vergecast How Claude Code Claude Codes
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Feb 24, 2026 
Boris Cherny, AI engineer who built Claude Code at Anthropic, explains how the product evolved and changed coding workflows. Hayden Field, senior AI reporter focused on privacy and security, discusses how to think about giving data and access to AI tools. They cover Claude Code’s rise, UI and safety design, data risks, and practical trade-offs for users.
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Match UI To User Technical Skill
- Build different interfaces for different users: keep a terminal for engineers and make safer, simpler surfaces for non-developers.
- Anthropic ships a VM, deletion protection, and CoWork as a less foot-gunny UI for nontechnical users.
Simple Busy Work Drives Rapid Adoption
- Cowork hit faster adoption than CloudCode because non-technical users had pent-up demand for easy tasks automation.
- People used Cowork to recover photos, analyze genomes, and organize desktops right after launch.
Always Verify High Stakes AI Actions
- Double-check important actions the assistant performs, especially financial or legal tasks.
- Boris runs project management and has Cowork ping Slack, but he still triple-checks tax or critical results before finalizing.
