# Thariq Leaves Anthropic After More Than a Year Working on Claude Code By Sonny Jang Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/people/40214 Published: 2026-10-24T18:30:32.000Z Updated: 2026-10-24T18:30:32.000Z Section: People > He plans to take a break before starting something new and did not name his next destination. Thariq announced Saturday, Oct. 24, that he had left Anthropic after more than a year working on Claude Code, the company's coding tool. He said he plans to take a break before starting something new. By September, Anthropic engineers were making more than 30,000 code merges a day, while Claude wrote most of the code entering the company's codebase, as described in [earlier coverage of Anthropic's engineering output](). Thariq has regularly shared Claude Code features and usage tips on X. In his departure post, he directed readers to Boris Cherny, Cat Wu, Addy Osmani, Lydia Hallie and Anthropic's @ClaudeDevs account for more updates. He did not name his next destination. Thariq said he enjoyed his time at Anthropic, believed in its mission and trusted his colleagues to lead the company. He also thanked the X community and described the work as his most enjoyable and, at times, most stressful job. ## Links in this article - [earlier coverage of Anthropic's engineering output](https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/31355)