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How does Claude Code *actually* work?

2026-04-13 Science & Technology
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Theo - t3․gg
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We keep talking about Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, etc. But how do they actually work? Thank you Macroscope for sponsoring! Check them out at: https://soydev.link/macroscope SOURCES https://ampcode.com/notes/how-to-build-an-agent https://www.mihaileric.com/The-Emperor-Has-No-Clothes/ Want to sponsor a video? Learn more here: https://soydev.link/sponsor-me Check out my Twitch, Twitter, Discord more at https://t3.gg S/O @Ph4seon3 for the awesome edit 🙏

Top Comments (10)

@LokeshRawat-v1A 2026-04-13

I normally don't comment, but plz make more videos like this thx

927 14 replies
@artificialbtr 2026-04-13

i think obsidian would be the best agent harness for devs

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@em-orchestra 2026-04-13

Anthropic watching this video: „Ok, it still works triggering him with email. Lets make email shown bigger and in animated colored font, and yeah - lets make Claude code pronounce email on start“ „Done, shipped“

332 7 replies
@starigeri 2026-04-13

Please ignore if these videos don't perform well. These are gems and we need more!

177 3 replies
@chalish_b 2026-04-13

I don't know whether these types of videos perform worse or not, but I hope you never stop making these. It's your best content, just yapping about interesting technical things

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@nicolaska1761 2026-04-13

Claude leaking your email like they leaked their own claude code source

124 1 replies
@MahartaLive 2026-04-13

Damn, this is the kind of content of why i subscribed to you back then. Thank you

106 2 replies
@hiteshrohira15 2026-04-13

Yes please more videos like this. Although I am a little surprised people didn’t know this already lol

37 2 replies
@whoaskedtho-r3z 2026-04-13

Find someone who loves you as much as Theo hates claude code showing his email

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@paulmiller591 2026-04-13

One of your best videos yet Theo. I could not imagine how you could explain what appears to be a complex thing more clearly. This has inspired me to write to a board member of a company you did not mention to get this fixed.

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