Episode 563: Claude Camp
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Agency and Flow: Therapist Insight
Coté shares his therapist's view that Claude restores agency, enabling flow and joy by cleaning 'messy rooms' in life.
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This week, we discuss Claude Code for non-coders, automating newsletters and status reports, and AI tax prep. Plus, Coté finds unexpected joy in a coding assistant.
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Runner-up Titles
- Upgraded to Max
- The only innovation I was talking about was hiring me.
- The Patrick Stewart of the Cubicles.
- Should we become the Claudecast?
- Matt Ray in Your Pocket.
- Come into the tent
- You have agency in your life
Rundown
- Coté went to Claude Camp
- Google completes acquisition of Wiz
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- KubeCon EU, March 23-26, 2026 - Coté will be there on a media pass.
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