I've always liked to tinker, but I'm not technical. A few years ago, none of this was possible for me.
In the past two weeks I've built three things with Claude Code.
A system for the admin side of my civilian job. First, I had Claude audit two months of my email. About 75% needed nothing from me. Now it writes my morning brief, flags what actually needs me, and tracks the one-on-ones with my team that used to slip. It even builds my weekly team huddle deck and other documents without me opening PowerPoint or Word. Nothing goes out until I approve it.
A scoring app for an Army Reserve best squad competition. It replaces paper scoresheets and a 40-tab spreadsheet. Graders score on their phones, even without signal, and every change is logged.
A field app for a staff ride I'm leading on the Battle of New Orleans. It shows each person's live location on the battlefield. At each stand, groups commit to a decision before the app reveals what actually happened. Their inputs export to me for the after action review and EXSUM.
All three are live. Neither app has been used at its event yet.
I haven't figured this out. I burned most of a month's AI budget on day one. But if you like to tinker, the gap between an idea and a working tool is smaller than ever.
God gave me a curious mind. I'm trying to put it to good use.