Anthropic’s Code with Claude Reveals the Future of Software Development
· Will Douglas Heaven
Anthropic threw a two day developer event called Code with Claude in London, kicking off on May 19.…
Anthropic threw a two day developer event called Code with Claude in London, kicking off on May 19. The date clashed with Google’s big I/O conference in Palo Alto, but Anthropic staffers insisted that was just a coincidence, not a flex. The vibe was strong, and the room was full of devs who clearly live in their IDE. One organizer asked how many people had shipped a pull request in the past week that was written mostly by Claude, and a lot of hands went up.
The event wasn’t about flashy product launches. It was more practical, focused on how developers are actually using Claude in their daily work. Attendees shared tips on prompt engineering, workflow integration, and the kinds of tasks where AI coding assistants shine versus where they still stumble. The energy felt less like a conference and more like a collaborative workshop, with people comparing notes in real time.
What stood out was the sheer velocity. Developers at Code with Claude aren’t just experimenting. They are shipping real code, fast, and treating the AI as a core part of their toolkit rather than a novelty. For Anthropic, that signal matters. It suggests that the company’s bet on safety focused and steerable models is paying off with the one audience that matters most: the people actually building things.
The bigger takeaway might be about timing. With Google, OpenAI, and others all pushing their own developer events and tools, Anthropic chose to plant its flag in London on the same day as its biggest rival. If the room was any indication, the developers are already making up their minds.