Claudeisms
Vol. I · № 146
Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Sautéing...

verb

Definition

  1. 1

    verb

    Cooking briskly in a shallow pan with a little fat, keeping everything in motion so nothing browns too far.

  2. 2

    verb

    Of a quick pass through data: applying a fast transform while preserving freshness.

Example

“Sautéing the input rows.”
— Claude Code, in the pan