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YesClaude Code · 12 Aug 2026

Often they ask me to write something that could be a simple script and takes maybe 3 prompts to get it right

annzabelle on Hacker News

In the thread “What sort of maths are LLMs good at?”, replying to this comment

Helped: Writing simple scripts for non-technical coworkers.

Got in the way: Coworkers unable to use command line or read markdown files.

That's been an interesting thing for me with Claude Code and working with non-technical coworkers. Often they ask me to write something that could be a simple script and takes maybe 3 prompts to get it right, and I find myself wondering why they can't just do it themselves. But then I have them asking me what a .md file is and how to open it, and they're unable to follow readme instructions to use commandline programs, so now I have to throw a "make a gui" onto every prompt.