99% People Are Using AI Wrong... Including You 🫵

I use AI every single day. You know that.

But I haven't told you the full picture.

While most people are copy-pasting in ChatGPT, uploading screenshots, retyping context, losing their conversation history every 30 messages... I've been running something completely different.

One tool handles my marketing copy. My competitor research. My CRM. My SEO analysis. My spreadsheets. My email sequences. All of it.

It's called Claude Code.

And the name is the biggest lie in tech right now.

Let me be real with you.

Claude Code has been all over Twitter, YouTube, tech blogs. You've probably seen it. And you probably scrolled past it because the name has "Code" in it. Because the screenshots show a black terminal window. Because it looks like something a developer would use.

I get it. Even me being a developer felt that way too.

But here's what happened. I tried it. And within a week I stopped using ChatGPT for almost everything.

Not because ChatGPT is bad. Because Claude Code is playing a completely different game.

The thing that scares you about Claude Code is the exact same thing that makes it powerful. It runs on your computer. It touches your files. It connects to your tools. It actually DOES things instead of just talking about them.

And yeah, it looks like a terminal. But let me tell you something. A terminal is just texting your computer. That's literally all it is. You type, it responds.

The fear is fake. The power is real.

Forget the word "Code." Think of it as "Claude Unleashed."

And here's why it matters:

Read that list again. Seriously. Then think about what you're doing with ChatGPT right now.

I am always testing new workflows. Talking to other users. Watching youtube video tutorials. Reading everything on X about new skills and scripts.

Here are the 9 that matter most if you're building a side hustle.

And you know what is awesome, even if you don't know how to use it, you can just ask Claude Code to figure it out and paste the link.

1. Brainstorm domain names and check availability. Describe your project. It suggests options across .com, .io, .dev and actually verifies which ones you can register. No tab-switching.

2. Find your first customers from your own project files. Point Claude Code at your codebase. Ask: "What kind of company would need this?" It reads what you're building, identifies ideal customers, and even finds contacts. One user closed his first pilot this way.

3. Download and transcribe YouTube videos. "Download this video and give me a summary." It grabs the video, pulls the audio, transcribes it, summarizes the key points. 60 seconds. Try doing that in ChatGPT.

4. Write copy that sounds like YOU, not like AI. Teach it your style through CLAUDE.md. Now every email, post, and headline matches your voice. This changed everything for me. The difference between a tool and a teammate. No more “–” or “It is not [x], is [y]“.

5. Analyze competitors in 3 minutes. "Go to [competitor URL]. Analyze pricing, messaging, positioning. Compare to mine." It used to take me an afternoon.

6. Turn scattered voice notes into finished articles. You record 12 messy voice memos over a week. Point Claude Code at the folder. "Read all voice notes, find the common thread, write a blog post." It reads the files, connects the dots, writes the draft. Your voice. Your ideas. Zero typing.

7. Organize your messy files. "Rename each file to YYYY-MM-DD Vendor - Invoice.pdf and sort into subfolders." My Saturday morning? Done in 2 minutes. One user said it reads each file, figures out the date and vendor, and sorts everything automatically.

8. Synthesize customer calls. "Read all transcripts. Find top 5 complaints and top 5 feature requests. Rank by frequency." If you're building a product, this is gold.

9. Create a self-improving feedback loop. One power user built a system that analyzes their journal entries + work output every week, spots gaps between plans and execution, and suggests improvements. Like having a COO that learns from your patterns.

Think about what the equivalent would be for YOUR business.

I know. It scared me too.

So let me walk you through it right now. Five steps. Five minutes. I promise you it's easier than setting up a new Instagram account.

Step 1: Open Terminal.

A window with a blinking cursor appears. That's it. That's the "scary" terminal. It's just a text box.

Step 2: Install Claude Code.

Wait about a minute. It installs itself.

Step 3: Type claude and hit Enter.

Step 4: It asks you to sign in. Follow the link. Done.

Step 5: Type your first prompt.

Try this: "What files are in this folder? Give me a summary."

That's it. You just used Claude Code. Welcome to the 1%.

If something breaks, just type: "I got this error, help me fix it." Claude Code fixes itself. I'm not even joking.

Got stuck? Drop a comment or hit reply. I'll personally walk you through it. Every question, every doubt, every weird error message. I'll answer all of them.

No cheerleading. No hating. Just facts.

But:

The people who figure this out in the next 6 months will have an unfair advantage for years. The terminal barrier keeps everyone out. And that barrier? It's your moat.

You're reading this because you want to build something. A side hustle. A micro-SaaS. A business that replaces your salary.

Claude Code doesn't just help you build the product. It helps you market it, analyze it, operate it. Customer research, copy, pipeline, files, content, iteration. All from one tool.

You're not hiring 10 employees. You're installing one tool.

Be honest with yourself. Are you in the 99% or the 1%?

What's the ONE repetitive task you do every week that eats 2-3 hours?

Claude Code can probably do it in 10 minutes. I dare you to automate it until next week edition. (feel free to reach me out in case you get stuck)

The only question is whether you'll spend 5 minutes overcoming the fear. Or keep doing it by hand while the 1% pulls further ahead.

Both things are true: Claude Code has a learning curve, AND it will change how you work forever.

The 1% aren't smarter. They just got over the fear first.

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See you next week. Go ship.

— Bissuh

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