# Building Claude Code: Origin, Story, Product Iterations, & What's Next // Siddharth Bidasaria // #342 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community/building-claude-code-origin-story-product-iterations-what-s-next-siddharth-bidasaria-342 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community/building-claude-code-origin-story-product-iterations-what-s-next-siddharth-bidasaria-342.md Podcast: [MLOps.community](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community) Published: 2025-10-21T17:00:04+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlops/episodes/Building-Claude-Code-Origin--Story--Product-Iterations---Whats-Next--Siddharth-Bidasaria--342-e39ljqr Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/174cb1b8/podcast/play/109808923/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-17%2F409440920-44100-2-86bd592ea126d.mp3 Processing state: failed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mlops-community/episodes/building-claude-code-origin-story-product-iterations-what-s-next-siddharth-bidasaria-342 Duration seconds: 3028 ## Resource Building Claude Code: Origin, Story, Product Iterations, & What's Next // MLOps Podcast #342 with Siddharth Bidasaria, Member of Technical Staff at Anthropic. Join the Community: https://go.mlops.community/YTJoinIn Get the newsletter: https://go.mlops.community/YTNewsletter // Abstract Demetrios Brinkmann talks with Siddharth Bidasaria about Anthropic’s Claude code — how it was built, key features like file tools and Spotify control, and the team’s lean, user-focused approach. They explore testing, subagents, and the future of agentic coding, plus how users are pushing its limits. // BioSoftware engineer. Founding team of Claude Code. Ex-Robinhood and Rubrik. // Related Links Bio: https://sidb.io/ Sid's Blog: https://sidb.io/posts/ I Let An AI Play Pokémon! - Claude plays Pokémon Creator: https://youtu.be/nRHeGJwVP18 How Data Platforms Affect ML & AI // Jake Watson // MLOps Podcast #207: https://youtu.be/xWApMuyct_4 The Agent Landscape - Lessons Learned Putting Agents Into Production: https://youtu.be/lRGldru7ohU ~~~~~~~~ ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ~~~~~~~ Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://go.mlops.community/TYExplore Join our Slack community [ https://go.mlops.community/slack ] Follow us on X/Twitter [ @mlopscommunity ]( https://x.com/mlopscommunity ) or [LinkedIn]( https://go.mlops.community/linkedin )] Sign up for the next meetup: [ https://go.mlops.community/register ] MLOps Swag/Merch: [ https://shop.mlops.community/ ] Connect with Demetrios on LinkedIn: /dpbrinkm Connect with Marco on LinkedIn: /siddharthbidasaria/ Timestamps: [00:00] MCP servers usage creativity [00:34] Claude's code origin story [05:17] R&D freedom and tools [09:08] Model potential discovery [12:06] Model adaptation strategies [19:13] Steerability vs pattern alignm… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mlops-community/episodes/building-claude-code-origin-story-product-iterations-what-s-next-siddharth-bidasaria-342/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community/building-claude-code-origin-story-product-iterations-what-s-next-siddharth-bidasaria-342.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.