Seedlings

Describing what happens when you become a parent and then start using Claude Code. The loss of control, the surrender of identity, the rebuilding. "It's like ego death" applies to both.

The question that freezes people. When the barriers drop, the hardest part isn't building, it's choosing.

The quality of what Claude produces is directly proportional to how much context you give it. The people who get the most out of it are the ones who've spent time loading their whole world into it. Not prompt engineering. Context loading.

When you feel resistance to writing something, that's the signal to go toward it, not away. The awkwardness is the material.

"Are they just burning a sheet of paper? Maybe. But they're a witch, so it means something different. And people pay for it." The lesson: have the confidence of an Etsy witch.

"Am I being hopeful about the future of human creative work, or is this just cope?" The divide between believing humans will always be needed and suspecting we're just telling ourselves that.

Sterling talking about ADHD and AI. For the first time, the tools match how his brain actually works. Not accommodation, not workaround. Actual fit.

The trap of building systems to do the work instead of doing the work. The system-building feels productive but it can become its own procrastination.

The recurring realization that what looks simple (a text document, a voice guide, a prompt template) is actually enormously valuable when placed in the right context.

Therapist noticing younger clients can't identify what they want anymore. They follow AI suggestions, influencer wellness journeys, pre-made plans. The muscle of knowing yourself is atrophying.