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Programmers combing through the source code so far have marveled on social media at some of Anthropic’s tricks for getting its Claude AI models to operate as Claude Code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Programmers have complained that YouTube TV is using its leverage to try to squeeze them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Programmers ordered series with broad-based appeal like “The Pitt,” which has been a strong performer for Max.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Programmers don’t usually get a direct financial benefit from participating.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

Line taken from original the Unix manual page on ed, an ancient line-oriented editor that is by now used only by a few Real Programmers, and even then only for batch operations.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.