I recently augmented some software that I support using Claude and it was ... fine. I used plan mode just like the author and reviewed everything, and it worked. But I didn't feel accomplished. The work got done but I don't feel like I gained any knowledge that could be applied to future tasks. Well, beyond the ability to tell Claude what to do, that is.

The whole thing makes me feel like a manager, a role that I've steadfastly resisted my whole career. Maybe the people around me really want to be managers and tell others what to do. Maybe I'm the weird one for wanting to know how the computer works, what the CPU is actually doing, and learning new things.