They call it getting “Claude-pilled.” It’s the moment software engineers, executives and investors turn their work over to Anthropic’s Claude AI—and then witness a thinking machine of shocking capability, even in an age awash in powerful artificial-intelligence tools. Many coders spent their holiday breaks on a “Claude bender,” testing out the capabilities of the latest Anthropic model, Claude Opus 4.5, which they used within a desktop coding tool called Claude Code. Tech companies have been incorporating code-writing AI into their workflows for years, and prior models were often compared with a junior software developer. The buzz around Claude’s latest incarnation is something different. Malte Ubl is chief technology officer at Vercel, which helps develop and host websites and apps for users of Claude Code and other such tools.

Full report : Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI.