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On June 2, 2026, Boris Cherny, the person who built Claude Code at Anthropic, said something at a private WorkOS event that spread across the developer internet within days.

"I don't prompt Claude anymore. I have loops that are running. They're the ones that are prompting Claude and figuring out what to do. My job is to write loops."

Thanks for the heads up. I'm a co-founder at Spidra, so I should have disclosed that upfront (my bad). I'll add that to the post and be more explicit about it going forward. Appreciate the feedback rather than just a silent kill.

Very nice tool for getting data from any website!

I enjoy automating everything possible.

can you give Spidra a try. I can also guide you through

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