Notes from Code with Claude 2026 (chrisebert.net)

Anthropic's recent Code with Claude 2026 developer conference highlighted the growing involvement of independent developers and startup founders, prompting the company to add an additional day to accommodate the high demand. This multi-city event, featuring keynotes and workshops by Anthropic leaders and partners like GitHub and Amazon, centered on current trends and evolving roles within the AI development community. Significant emphasis was placed on networking and collaboration among attendees, particularly noting the diverse representation of women in technical roles at Anthropic, which signals progress toward greater inclusion in the tech industry. A key announcement from the conference was Anthropic's new compute deal with SpaceX, aimed at alleviating previous limitations in subscription usage and API rate limits, crucial for supporting the company's remarkable 80x increase in demand this year. The conference also showcased improvements in Claude Managed Agents, including features like Multiagent Orchestration and Outcomes, which enhance the AI's ability to tackle complex tasks while sharing insights on context limitations within models. Despite ambitious visions for infinite context windows, practical discussions revealed that managing context remains a critical area for developers, marking a pivotal shift in engineering focus from coding to optimizing workflows and reviews with AI tools.