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Thariq, a core developer of Claude Code, announced that he is leaving Anthropic. He said he worked at Anthropic for over a year, was involved with Claude Code for more than a year, and witnessed Claude Code scale far beyond what he had imagined. Claude Code is an autonomous coding agent that resides in the CLI and can branch on its own, read codebases, locate bugs, run tests, and submit git commits. Thariq said he still believes in the company's mission and "race to the top," and that he will take a short break before starting something new, and recommended following @addyosmani, @lydiahallie, @_catwu, @ClaudeDevs, and @bcherny. There are currently no further developments.
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Claude Code core developer Thariq announces departure from Anthropic
Claude Code core developer Thariq announced his departure after working at Anthropic for over a year, saying he witnessed Claude Code scale far beyond what he had imagined. Claude Code is an autonomous coding agent that resides in the CLI, able to pull branches, read codebases, locate bugs, run tests, and submit git commits on its own. Thariq said he will first take some time off, then move on to new things.
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Claude Code core member Thariq leaves Anthropic
Thariq said that after working on Claude Code for more than a year and seeing it scale far beyond his expectations, he is leaving Anthropic; he still believes in the company's mission and the "race to the top," will take a short break before starting new work, and recommends following @addyosmani, @lydiahallie, @_catwu, @ClaudeDevs and @bcherny.
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Thariq leaves Anthropic after more than a year of work on Claude Code
Thariq announced his departure from Anthropic, where he had worked on Claude Code for over a year and witnessed its expansion beyond expectations. He said he will take some time off before starting new projects, and recommended following @addyosmani, @lydiahallie, @_catwu, @ClaudeDevs, and Claude Code's initiator @bcherny for more content.
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