Claude Code with Opus 4.5 is so hot right now. The cool kids use it for everything.
They definitely use it for coding, often letting it write all of their code.
They also increasingly use it for everything else one can do with a computer.
Vas suggests using Claude Code as you would a mini-you/employee that lives in your computer and can do literally anything.
There's this thread of people saying Claude Code with Opus 4.5 is AGI in various senses. I centrally don’t agree, but they definitely have a point.
If you’d like, you can use local Claude Code via Claude Desktop, documentation here. It's a bit friendlier than the terminal and some people like it a lot more. Here is a more extensive basic discussion of setup options. The problem is the web interface still lacks some power user functions, even after some config work Daniel San misses branch management, create new repository directory via ‘new’ and import plugins from marketplaces.







If you haven’t checked Claude Code out, you need to check it out.
This could be you:
Paulius: ​whoever made this is making me FEEL SEEN















Table [...] ---Outline:(01:32) Hype!(06:26) My Own Experiences(11:35) Now With More Recursive Self Improvement(13:06) A Market Of One(13:46) Some Examples Of People Using Claude Code Recently(20:25) Dealing With Context Limits(21:08) The Basic Claude Code Setup(23:14) Random Claude Code Extension Examples I've Seen Recently(25:09) Skilling Up(31:23) Reasons Not To Get Overexcited(37:33) Get Pretty Excited ---
First published:
January 9th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/MQGAMHQNTFyJTke2H/claude-codes
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