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Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by dpoloncsak »

ninjagoo wrote: post #233
Ucalegon wrote: post #203

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on what types of apps are being built, what data they touch, and what those apps are exposed to from a network perspective. Ie; all of the fundamentals of information/network security. Generally speaking, most executives do not have an information/network security background but do have privileged access to extremely valuable information, even if an attacker just has access to their email.

> most executives do not have an information/network security background but do have privileged access to extremely valuable information, even if an attacker just has access to their email. In a properly structured organization, of which there are many and who are required by regulations and/or best practices, senior executives tend to have need/role-based access to information, just like everyone else in the organiz…

Right but your Head of HR may have access to the drive with employee PII in it, or your CTO may be able to view your IT team's password manager.

These are 'proper' (sometimes) access controls, but can still be abused. Not from email...but you get the idea.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by scoutt »

ryanmcgarvey wrote: post #242
fnoef wrote: post #74

You are absolutely right. I shouldn’t have paid that invoice from ScamInc. Would you like me to help you file for bankruptcy?

We joke, but I bet this will help to drastically reduce ScamInc's revenue.

ScamInc might also have a platform to create perfect invoices, perfect email conversations, scanning LinkedIn to find the right people to scam, etc.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by iamacyborg »

darepublic wrote: post #228
ageitgey wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user That's what they aim Claude Cowork at. Every executive/leader I've shown Claude Cowork to has gone from 'what is AI' to 'vibecoding whole apps' in weeks. Then when Claude is down for an hour, they get visibly angry and don't remember how to do anything pre-Claude :) I understand the impulse to provide a UI to manage codebases, etc. But my observation is…

I have seen people just generate large docs with Claude cowork and they themselves have not scrutinized it or know why/how it's useful. It's just kind of impressive in its volume and well formatedness. And then they dump it in your lap as being helpful

Yep, I've received a few powerpoints like that.

I'm using Claude to write large files too, but it's a very iterative process and involves a lot of reading and correcting.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by morkalork »

throwatdem12311 wrote: post #238

There is going to be so many horror stories that will come from this, ie. Claude overpaid/underpaid my employees, Claude hallucinated the tax code and now the IRS is seizing my assets. etc… Murphy’s Law is undefeated. Add in a psycophantic hallucination black box to critical business data and you have a recipe for hilarity. Normies cannot be trusted to hand off these functions to an LLM because they are mostly incapa…

It's okay, the employee won't be checking their paystubs either. Too complicated. They'll ask Claude to do it for them. "Looks good, bro". Then they go to the bank and apply for a mortgage and guess what, Claude is there too and they get vibe-qualified for a mortgage!

If you thought society was just an imaginary collective delusion before, now it can be collective hallucination too.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by contagiousflow »

ryanmcgarvey wrote: post #242
fnoef wrote: post #74

You are absolutely right. I shouldn’t have paid that invoice from ScamInc. Would you like me to help you file for bankruptcy?

We joke, but I bet this will help to drastically reduce ScamInc's revenue.

Except with the advent of LLMs, scams can run at an unprecedented rate.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by jmaw »

elliotbnvl wrote: post #332
xienze wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> most programmers and hobbyists could code without the need of a University or a Corporation. I don't think so. Back then, the pool of people doing such a thing basically self-selected for intelligent, motivated types who were capable of learning on their own. The new "programmers" "programming" via Claude Code are going to be very different from those hobbyists you're talking about.

This is a comically self-absorbed perspective. Why are people making things with Claude Code if not because they’re motivated?

Because it's "easy" (until they hit a wall)

Once they hit a wall, that is where you find out whether they are motivated or not

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by abalashov »

elliotbnvl wrote: post #332
xienze wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> most programmers and hobbyists could code without the need of a University or a Corporation. I don't think so. Back then, the pool of people doing such a thing basically self-selected for intelligent, motivated types who were capable of learning on their own. The new "programmers" "programming" via Claude Code are going to be very different from those hobbyists you're talking about.

This is a comically self-absorbed perspective. Why are people making things with Claude Code if not because they’re motivated?

Because it's "easy"?

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by abalashov »

jmaw wrote: post #356
elliotbnvl wrote: post #332

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a comically self-absorbed perspective. Why are people making things with Claude Code if not because they’re motivated?

Because it's "easy" (until they hit a wall) Once they hit a wall, that is where you find out whether they are motivated or not

> Once they hit a wall, that is where you find out whether they are motivated or not

Yep. That has to happen first.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by conductr »

dominotw wrote: post #330
ageitgey wrote: post #191

Earlier quoted context omitted.

These are largely friends and peers, so they ultimately own their own risks. But I'm not saying it is good or bad. I'm just telling you what is happening in the real world. Every senior person I know, whether a high tech exec or a solo coffee bean importer, is vibing to some degree. Some will be more successful than others. I've been working in tech since the late 90s. This is the biggest and most sudden change in co…

saying "every X i know" in all your comments is a bit ridiculous. You comments read like reddit clickbait. How many of these executives/senior/coffee bean/whatever ppl do you even know and why you the one enlightening them with claude cowork ? . "Every X i know" sounds like a large sample size. Make ridiculous claims by prefixing " every X i know" . I feel so angry at this linkedin speak. so infuriating. Hate that we…

Hate it all you want but it’s a reality in this case. There’s a reason big consulting firms are making huge pivot to AI consulting. Everyone in the business world is doing this and trying to find value with AI. I’m a CFO and network regularly with other executives, board members who also are board members at other companies, investors, people who see a combined large population of companies and I’ve not spoken to a single person in the last year that isn’t adopting AI themselves for their own uses but also has AI strategy as company goal for current and into next year at least. When a trend catches fire like this the “everyone I know” speak is absolutely framing that context.

Re: Claude for Small Business

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Post by emmanuelsemugga »

darepublic wrote: post #228
ageitgey wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> that makes claude code or codex accessible to the average user That's what they aim Claude Cowork at. Every executive/leader I've shown Claude Cowork to has gone from 'what is AI' to 'vibecoding whole apps' in weeks. Then when Claude is down for an hour, they get visibly angry and don't remember how to do anything pre-Claude :) I understand the impulse to provide a UI to manage codebases, etc. But my observation is…

I have seen people just generate large docs with Claude cowork and they themselves have not scrutinized it or know why/how it's useful. It's just kind of impressive in its volume and well formatedness. And then they dump it in your lap as being helpful

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