#163 The Quarterly: My 24h Work week and What I'm Actually Working On (And What I Got Wrong)

<p>In this first quarterly update I talk about the private company cohorts I'm building, the free Adobe Firefly workshop series, and three shifts I saw in the field over the last three months. Plus the honest version of how I actually work: three days a week, what that constraint did to my business, and the one thing I got wrong and waited far too long to fix.</p><p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE</strong></p><ul><li>Why Claude Code stopped being a developer tool and turned into a research interface</li><li>How documentation moved from hygiene to infrastructure, and why designers are well positioned for that shift</li><li>What changes in your design work the moment an AI feature acts instead of suggests</li><li>Why being an expert in everything is no longer the goal, and what replaces it</li><li>How working three days a week made my business sharper instead of smaller</li><li>Why design teams rarely struggle with tool knowledge and almost always struggle with agreement</li><li>The thing I waited six months too long to fix</li></ul><p><strong>RESOURCES</strong></p><p>Work with me: if you're self-employed and open to collaborating at some point, fill out this short survey. Completely non-binding, takes two minutes.<br /><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef6hsir1t5StSir8yPVA-0T6YsojyCmfR8X4kidDb8f7wJXw/viewform" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSef6hsir1t5StSir8yPVA-0T6YsojyCmfR8X4kidDb8f7wJXw/viewform</a></p><p><br /></p><p><strong>AI for Designers</strong>: 5-week Bootcamp 💻 opening September</p><p>→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://ai-for-designers.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up for the ⁠waiting list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p></p><p><strong>👉 0€ </strong>Training: Build your first <strong>Claude Skill in 10 min 👈</strong></p><p>→ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<a href="https://ai-for-designers.com/claudeskill" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Build your first Claude skill in 10 min⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p></p><p>💌 <strong>Newsletter </strong></p><p>→ <a href="https://patriciareiners.de/newsletter/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Weekly UX insights and updates: UX Newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Follow the Future of UX:</strong></p><p>🎨 Linkedin: <a href="h