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The Awkward Middle Ground
What the first fortnight of Cowork reveals about the gap between democratisation and reality.
EP006: The Awkward Middle Ground
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Show Notes
Cowork launched two weeks ago as “Claude Code for the rest of your work.” Today we assess what the first fortnight reveals: proof points that work, honest critiques that cut deep, a cautionary tale about deleted files, and the design question at the heart of AI democratisation.
In this episode:
- Why Cowork exists — developers were using Claude Code for everything except coding
- The proof points — Lenny Rachitsky’s 320 transcripts analysed in 15 minutes
- The honest critique — Claire Vo on the “awkward middle ground”
- The safety story — 11GB deleted, and Anthropic’s response
- The design question — where should agent interfaces live?
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