Part 1: Intro to Claude Code

The Evolution of Programming

From Punch Cards to AI Coding Agents

ABSTRACTION LEVEL ↓
1950s
Punch Cards
Hardware Era
1957
FORTRAN
First High-Level
1972
C Language
Systems Programming
1991
Python
Expressive High-Level
2014
Jupyter
Interactive Computing
2021
GitHub Copilot
AI-Assisted Coding
2024-25
Coding Agents
Autonomous AI
Developer writes code
Developer orchestrates AI agents