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Claude Code Without the Code: A Non-Developer's Week in Review (w/ Sean Bhardwaj)

Last week, Kyle and special guest Sean debated whether Claude Code is worth switching to if you don't know how to code. The answer was: it depends. So Sean spent the following week finding out. In this episode, it's the second part of our interview with Sean. Kyle and Sean to go through what actually happened when Sean used Claude Code for a week, including the modes that made Claude Code manageable, the controls that give you more say over how it works, and where it still falls short of Cowork for everyday work. Plus, Jess is back from Cannes Lions with a round-up of what the advertising industry is saying about where AI is heading.

Vibe Coding Series:

Part 1 of Sean's interview: https://shows.acast.com/early-adoptr/episodes/claude-code-vs-cowork-what-non-technical-founders-need-to-kn

Basics of Vibe-coding: https://shows.acast.com/early-adoptr/episodes/vibe-coding-for-non-technical-founders-where-things-actually

How to set up your files & folders for vibe-coding: https://shows.acast.com/early-adoptr/episodes/your-ai-keeps-forgetting-everything-heres-how-to-fix-it-w-ro

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In this episode:

How Claude Code's modes (plan, think, auto) work and which to reach for
Running several tasks at the same time and what it does to your output speed
Monitoring and automation: setting Claude Code to act when something changes
Managing how much effort Claude Code puts in and avoiding burning through your usage
Comparing Claude Code and Cowork: what each one is actually better at
Sean's week-long experiment switching exclusively to Claude Code
Jess's round-up from Cannes Lions 2026 and what was different about AI conversations this year

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction, Cannes Lions and the Claude Fable 5 update

11:06 - What agents actually are in Claude Code

13:26 - Plan mode, thinking mode and auto mode

19:28 - How Claude Code can work on several things at once

27:26 - Making the most of your Claude Code usage

28:42 - Set it and forget it: monitoring with Claude Code

31:05 - Why batching your focus time matters

33:11 - Setting Claude Code to watch for something and act when it happens

35:39 - The Claude Code controls that give you more say over how it works

38:20 - How to stop Claude Code from using more than you need

41:13 - Cowork vs Claude Code: Sean's verdict

46:14 - Quick wins for non-technical users

47:28 - Why Sean made the switch

47:52 - One week in Claude Code: what actually happened

50:28 - How to check in on a running Claude Code session from your phone

53:20 - How skills work in Claude Code

56:09 - Why thinking through what you want before Claude starts gets better results

58:58 - When Claude Code overdoes it and Cowork is the simpler choice

01:02:07 - Where AI tools like Claude Code are heading next

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