What do Anthropic's latest announcements mean for developers? In this episode, Allen is joined by freelance conversation designer Valentina Adami to break down all the major news from the recent "Code with Claude" event.

Valentina shares her hands-on experience and perspective on the new Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 models, discussing their distinct capabilities, the new "reasoning" features, and why Anthropic's transparency with its public system prompt is a game-changer. They also explore Claude Code, the new coding assistant that runs in your terminal, and how it can be used for everything from fixing bugs to learning new frameworks.

Finally, they cover the latest integrations for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and the long-awaited addition of web searching to Claude, examining how these tools are evolving and what it means for the future of AI-assisted development.

Timestamps:

[00:41] Guest Valentina Adami's background in humanities and tech

[06:17] What's new in the Opus 4 and Sonnet 4 models?

[14:40] Are the models "thinking" or "reasoning"?

[19:27] The latest on MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations

[25:03] Exploring the new coding assistant: Claude Code

[31:37] Claude can now search the web

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