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Basic obvious point for some audiences here: if you're not using LLMs for helping you with basic scutwork tasks, you're losing leverage that you shouldn't be on AI policy advocacy. Claude Code makes my job faster and more fun.
This shouldn't be news, but sometimes people need a self-improvement tip.
(If you have an ethical objection to using them at all, obviously this wouldn't apply to you.)