Boris Cherny
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On X: Claude @anthropicai
- Boris Cherny says there is no secret to prompting
Talk to Claude like a coworker, say what you want, how much effort to spend, and how it should check its own work.
- Opus 5.5 beat Fable 5.1 on HAProxy port time and cost
Two models did the same C to Rust port, and the gap showed up in hours and dollars rather than pass rates.
- Anthropic says it made claude.ai 3x faster in two weeks
The write-up includes the prompts and methods, which is the part worth testing on your own codebase.
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- Boris Cherny had two models port HAProxy from C to Rust
Both models passed nearly all of HAProxy's tests, but one got there faster and cheaper.
- Claude Code Projects turns a codebase into one conversation
One agent per project handles memory and spins off subagents, and the work keeps running after you close the laptop.
- Mitchell Hashimoto's whiteboard defense for AI code
He does not care who typed the code, only whether you can defend the system in a hallway conversation.
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