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Using AI vs USING AI

Like most people, I'd been using ChatGPT to write things, ask questions and review the odd bit of code, and I thought that meant I was using AI. It didn't. Not even close. Then I stumbled onto Nate's channel (and now this community), and it honestly changed the way we work.

The WAT framework was probably the biggest lightbulb moment. Nate explains agentic workflows in a way that just makes sense. I watched the 36-minute Claude Code beginner video three times. Not because I had to, but because every time I watched it, something else clicked. Since then we've completely changed how we build software.

We now have agents with specific jobs, memory that carries context between sessions, reusable skills, and workflows that mean we're not constantly repeating ourselves. Instead of spending hours on the boring repetitive stuff, we let the agents handle it and focus on the parts that actually need us. The time savings have been insane. Projects we'd normally estimate in months are now taking weeks.

But the biggest change wasn't even the speed. I actually enjoy working again. There were parts of this job I used to dread because they were repetitive or just mentally exhausting. Now I catch myself looking forward to opening my laptop in the morning. I honestly didn't expect AI to do that.

Massive thanks to Nate for everything he shares. And for those just checking in, wondering whether it's worth learning... it is.

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Using AI vs USING AI