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

Episode 116

Anthropic dropped a bunch of good Claude Code updates. There’s a new a native VS Code extension, a v2 of the terminal version of Claude, code checkpoints, and it’s all powered by Sonnet 4.5, Anthropic’s best coding model yet.

On top of Claude’s glow up, the Google Chrome team launched a Chrome DevTools MCP. AI coding assistants will be able to debug web pages directly in a Chrome browser, including using DevTools to review network requests, console output and page structure, simulate user interactions, and even automate performance audits.

In a poorly planned move, the CEO of Vercel tweeted a picture of himself meeting with the controversial Israeli Prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. This sparked a massive online backlash, some Vercel employees quit, and many customers are leaving the hosting site and vowing to stop using Next.js, as well.

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

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