One year ago, we heard rumors about a new language model from Anthropic. It turned out to be Sonnet 3.7. But Anthropic pulled, wait, there’s more, and dropped Claude Code as a Research Preview.
Claude Code might be the most significant event of 2025 in the field of AI. For me, it changed the course of the year and led me to unthinkable places. I followed every twist and turn and stayed on top of the wave. What an amazing tool that delivers on its promise. It amplifies and scales your ability, keeps you moving forward, and leads to some serious compounding.
An overlooked impact of AI is its compounding nature. From the first prompt, where everything is wrong. But, slowly, you learn, you figure out how to harness. At some point, you forget about the first hallucination, and you are in a new spot. When I talk to others, I can immediately tell where they are on the curve by how they talk about these tools. A scary thing, though, is how far behind you can get, and that you might not be able to catch up to those who have started. If you do anything this month, go down the bumpy road and get on the other side.
