Claude Code Levels Up: VS Code Extension, Checkpoints & Sonnet 4.5

In this episode:

• Claude is getting into your VS Code
• Coding agents are now using browsers
• And Guillermo gives Vercel a new image on Twitter

Timestamps:

• 00:46 - Claude Sonnet and Claude Code updates
• 7:55 - Chrome DevTools MCP
• 13:50 - Vercel Drama
• 19:03 - State of JS survey is open
• 20:21 - GitHub’s plan to make npm more secure
• 25:30 - Meta builds data center the size of 70 football fields
• 29:04 - What’s making us happy

Links:

• Paige - Chrome DevTools MCP
• Jack - Vercel’s in hot water after a selfie with Benjamin Netanyahu
• TJ - Claude Code levels up
• State of JS survey is open
• GitHub’s got a plan to make npm more secure
• Meta builds AI data center the size of 70 football fields
• Paige - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3
• Jack - reactnorway.com

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