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Claude Code Tips From the Guy Who Built It

Anup Jadhav

by Anup Jadhav

Claude Code Tips From the Guy Who Built It

Boris Cherny created Claude Code at Anthropic. Over three Twitter threads (early January, late January, and February 2026), he shared how he and the Claude Code team use it every day. His setup is, in his own words, "surprisingly vanilla."

I've pulled together every tip from all three threads into one place. As Boris keeps saying: there's no single correct way to use Claude Code.

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