Claude Code emerged from internal experimentation with early prototypes that demonstrated surprising capability in executing Bash scripts and handling real-world tasks. The team at Anthropic heavily dogfoods the tool, using it daily for development, planning, and code reviews—driving rapid iteration based on actual usage. Key features like slash commands streamline workflows by enabling secure commits, automated reviews, and templated feature creation. Sub-agents play a crucial role in managing complex tasks such as code migrations by dividing responsibilities across specialized roles, including creative applications beyond engineering. By leveraging past code and logs, teams build reusable knowledge systems that accelerate onboarding and compound productivity. Designed to be both simple and extensible, the product evolves from observed user behaviors, especially how power users customize workflows. While rooted in the terminal, the future points toward more accessible interfaces like GUIs and web-based environments to bring AI-powered coding to non-technical users.