Sujan Kapadia

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Most teams are still using AI like a better autocomplete tool. That misses the real shift. It's a fundamentally new way to solve problems: exploring, decomposing, iterating, and executing through natural language. Tools like Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode are not just development agents; they are becoming the interface to your computer, your data, your internal systems, external services, and the Internet. This is not a better IDE feature. It is a new human-machine interface.

I'm not sure I like Claude Code using the phrase "hand-written" for something IT did. I had to change that to "agent-written" in a README.MD file it created.

#HumanRights #AI

We are moving from a world where you buy a specialized tool to a world where you generate a specialized tool, but then realize you aren't equipped to operate it.

If AI commoditizes the creation of code, the real value shifts to the lifecycle of that code.

#AI #vibecoding

We went from blindly accepting EULAs to blindly accepting entire applications from LLMs. What are we agreeing to?
I've spent about 40 hours with Claude Code in the last 7 days. Probably the same for prior weeks too, especially recently.

I just can't get you out of my head
Claude Code, your codin' is all I think about
I just can't get you out of my head
Claude Code, its more than I dare to think about

Every night
Every day
Just to be there in your arms
Won't you stay
Won't you lay
Stay forever and ever, and ever, and ever

The shift from "builder" to "specifier and validator" is the strangest and most natural feeling, at the same time. Every technological leap raises the level of abstraction, yet this feels very surreal.
I'm feeling a deep sensation of "role inversion" the more I use Claude Code. When it stops to ask me a few questions before launching into "deep work", I wonder, who's the agent?

How many of us begrudgingly live with legacy software?

How many jobs are impacted by inefficient workarounds or manual processes because of legacy software?

How much productivity could be unlocked if we can update or completely transform this software (or the process itself)?

The adage "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" may not hold up that well in the new age of AI coding agents. They change the math by lowering the cost of exploring options.

#AI #LegacySoftware #ClaudeCode

https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

I can 100% attest to this. The distinction between day and night, or weekday and weekend, has significantly blurred for me. Just today, I mentioned to a coworker that Claude Code makes me feel like I'm in my 20s again, except now I have much more experience. Combined, it's a superpower.

#ClaudeCode #AI

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

One of the promises of AI is that it can reduce workloads so employees can focus more on higher-value and more engaging tasks. But according to new research, AI tools don’t reduce work, they consistently intensify it: In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. These changes can be unsustainable, leading to workload creep, cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making. The productivity surge enjoyed at the beginning can give way to lower quality work, turnover, and other problems. To correct for this, companies need to adopt an “AI practice,” or a set of norms and standards around AI use that can include intentional pauses, sequencing work, and adding more human grounding.

Harvard Business Review