are your problems software-shaped?

I had Claude resurface texts I forgot to respond to, and realized that the real blocker—obviously—was that I didn’t want to reply. I’ve tried countless apps to shut out distractions, but procrastinate just as well by staring blankly at walls. What’s actually tough about my job is coming up with novel frames for important ideas and devising sentences that are equal parts sharp, lively, and true. You can have the best Deep Research reports in the world, and still lack a unique point of view.

I’m not the only one having this issue. Just because Claude Code can be wielded by a nontechnical person does not mean it’ll be a big productivity boon. Sentence generation is a software problem, but insight is not. Sending reminders is a software problem, but motivation is not. When you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail; when you can conjure solutions at will, you won’t stop to ponder why you built them.

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