I can't code, but I build

Claude ruined my life. In the best possible way.
I'm writing this in full withdrawal. I burned through my weekly limit in two days. Two. And here I am, waiting for the counter to reset... using other LLMs that get me through the moment but it's not the same. Not even close.

And while I wait, I think about what happened in just two weeks: Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6 with 1M tokens, interactive visualizations inside the chat, memory for free users, Claude in Excel and PowerPoint, scheduled tasks in Cowork. Two weeks.

Because yes, I use all of it. I build dashboards, automate workflows, write code with Claude Code, put together full proposals. Without knowing how to program. Just by learning to explain clearly what I need.

Love, because it gave me back something I didn't know I'd lost: being able to build without depending on anyone.

Hate, because when the tokens run out in the middle of a project it's like someone cutting the power in the middle of surgery. No anesthesia.

I can't code. But I build. And nobody can take that away from me.

Are you also waiting for your counter to reset?