Everything that can be code, will be code

This week Rod Rivera unintentionally converted me to the “everything that can be code, will be code” thesis.

I asked on Slack if we were working with a video editor. I wanted help making my social videos look more polished.

An hour later Rod came back with a scaffold for building videos programmatically using Claude Code.

Here’s the setup:

• Video layout, animations, transitions — all defined in code using Remotion. Backgrounds, colours, fonts configured to be on-brand.
• Whisper creates timestamped transcripts so Claude can sync animations with what I’m saying.

Now I just talk to Claude and get professional-looking videos without ever learning video editing software.

The traditional approach would be: hire a video editor, send them rough cuts, wait for revisions, build up a backlog. Or learn Premiere myself (never gonna happen) and spend hours clicking through timelines.

Saying “make this transition snappier” and watching it happen is magic.

(actual video coming tomorrow, probably!)