AI bullshit? Sometimes…
I recently read a critical article about the heavenly promises of Copilot and Cursor. And I recognize it. In part. I don’t expect paradise here on earth; we lost that long ago.
Yet, it’s not all doom and gloom. What I have learned in the year that I’ve been using Claude Code intensively is that your own expectations and the right prompt are crucial.
If you have both of these under control, you can create very good solutions for sub-problems. Like what my wife recently encountered in her new position: a planner in healthcare.
The standard planning package in the organization takes ‘the schedule’ as the primary focus, which means you no longer have the employee completely on board. And a good schedule is important for retaining your employees. She simply wanted to ‘freewheel’ on a piece of paper before finalizing it. And the package couldn’t do that.
We had a few conversations about it over coffee, and the itch started. 30 minutes of writing on the system’s context and 15 prompts later, here’s “Notepad”: a single-page HTML web app, shareable via email or simply available at https://kladblok-76e6e0.gitlab.io/. (desktop recommended, use this sample configuration to import.)
The feature set:
- Multi-team scheduling
- Free configuration of functions, shifts, and scheduling hints
- Drag and drop from a workspace
- Calculation of contract hours versus planned hours
- Indication of over- and underqualification of staff on shifts
- Scheduling hints (click on an empty cell)
- Import and export of created schedules
- Everything remains in the browser (local storage)
I have to be honest: I haven’t modified or reviewed a single line of code…
In short: to say that AI is bullshit…
