Claude Code for Finance + The Global Memory Shortage: Doug O'Laughlin, SemiAnalysis
A special double pod on the 1 year anniversary of Claude Code: we chat with one of its most vocal fans, who thinks it will write 25-50% of all code on GitHub, plus get a breakdown on the memory crunch
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