I’m seriously thinking about just setting up my wife with Hermes agent and a nice chat UI and be done with it.

Is it just me or is Claude Cowork no fun at all? Its restrictions make even the most basic agent workflows a tedious token burning chore. I wanted to set up Claude Cowork for my wife, because she is not very technical. But everything that is just easy in Claude Code is hampered by permission issues.

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I spent four hours outside. That has to be enough. I’m fried.

My AI assistant just told me to go for a walk. 😁

…it’s hitting 21° today, one of the warmest days so far this spring. Take a walk through Geinsheim, let the kids collect sticks or stones or whatever catches their eye. You don’t need a plan, just time together. The screens and the code will still be there on Monday.

And he is right to do so. I should go out more.

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