Artificial Intelligence

Bee Gees, Claude, and the atomic units of work

Sidin Vadukut

January 22, 2026 | 11 Min Read

How can you use AI coding tools for non-coding work? Think about what you do every day at work. Then rethink what you do. Break it down into words. Yes, words. When you do this, LLMs suddenly become powerful force multipliers.

Suddenly social media platforms such as Twitter, Youtube and even Instagram are obsessed with how people like you and me, by which I mean people who are not software engineers, can use AI coding tools to better do non-coding things at work.

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