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Boris Cherny

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Boris Cherny is Creator and Head of Claude Code at Anthropic.

Last updated Sep 27, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Role
Creator & Head of Claude Code
Company
Anthropic
Based
San Francisco, California, United States
Connections
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Years in industry
12 years

Career

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Expertise & education

Expertise

TypeScriptJavaScriptDeveloper ToolingType SystemsFrontend EngineeringProgramming Language DesignAI Developer ToolsOpen Source Software

Education

  • BS, Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

Speaking topics

TypeScript and Type-Safe JavaScriptDeveloper Experience and ToolingAI-Assisted Software Development

Recognition

Notable achievements

  • Authored 'Programming TypeScript' (O'Reilly, 2019), one of the most widely read TypeScript references in the industry
  • Contributed to developer tooling infrastructure at Meta used by thousands of engineers
  • Joined Anthropic to work on AI-assisted programming tools at the frontier of LLM applications

Publications

  • Programming TypeScript (O'Reilly Media, 2019)
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