# Claude Code's Creator Says He Has Not Hand-Written Code Since November

Boris Cherny reports submitting 10 to 30 pull requests a day with all code authored by the agent, a data point in the labs' escalating competition on coding.

- Published: 2026-07-26T05:32:56.369Z
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Boris Cherny, the creator of Anthropic's Claude Code, said he has not written a line of code by hand since November, with all of his output now authored through the agent, following the launch of Claude Opus 4.5 that month. He reports remai…

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