Simon Willison in conversation with Cat Wu & Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic

A Q&A with Anthropic's Cat Wu and Thariq Shihipar on how Claude Code and agentic AI are fundamentally changing software development, from workflow shifts and engineering norms to safety, model trust, and team collaboration. The discussion covers the rapid evolution of coding agents, the rise of proactive agents like Claude Tag, new approaches to code review and system prompt optimization, and Anthropic's robust safety measures including Auto Mode.