Doing the stuff adds more stuff to the stuff list
10.03.2026 17:36
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Doing the stuff adds more stuff to the stuff list
I didnβt say it is a bad dev, just a mid-one. Not having an opinion can be a problem. Non of my mids said never βthatβs not my ticketβ.
Claude cost less and tries harder, good for MVP and PoC just as a junior and mid levels.
Claude is a mid-level dev stuck in a 'pattern-factory' phase, and you're just paying for the complexity.
Me gets no money and no tweetsβ¦
I just need a few more featuresβ¦
Tempted to make a new project with the sole objective: ship it.
The constraints:
- Must have AI.
- Must have a paywall.
I just want to build something; No discovery phase, no dependency mapping, and zero scope validation. Just the pure act of deploying.
Oh good, you almost hit all the nails. reorg sock drawer to do groceries asap.
I know he is referring just to Agentice the development of the auth layer, but he doesnβt see how much of a pain it will be to hook such a layer to our actual code base, and keep everything usable.
Client: Thatβs too much time, can we start over with AI or something?
Me: π€¦ββοΈ
3 months of development that avoids any stop, smooth transition from one UI to the another, improving all backend and ticketing to adapt to new Domain, adding bit by bit the parts,β¦
Two years of development, highly complex system of interconnected asynchronous bots, auth less from the start, you get what you paid for, client whats to pivot to SaaS, with login, user dashboard and everything. We need to make a refactor + some enhancementsβ¦
And he sends you localhost:8081
Before the change: 100% test green
After the change: 100% tests green
QA is leg day
She is back!!!!
They are twins, you found them!!!
For me was "I'm a backend developer forced to center a div on a frontend framework"
Do you need to? Focus on βsolving the problemβ the rest is an illusion, any solution to any problem whether is has AI on it or not stands outβ¦
To be honest I still want clever one-liners now I just want them to be properly documented and if the not so clever solution is better documented and maintenable itβs the one with my approval. #stabilitykink
You know youβve grown up when you care more about the docs, tests, and comments in a PR than the actual code.
Iβm so sorry π
Donβt buy the domain until you have at least a PoC pushed and deployed.
Yeah, that first invoice hits really hard.
In my case: Mostly misunderstandingsβ¦
Everythingβs well, but one more kid means about 2 hours less sleep every day π«©
Please talk to my interns
Why spend 2 minutes reading the implementation plan when you can add 'DO NOT MAKE MISTAKES' to every single prompt?
I haveβ¦
I have finishedβ¦
I have finished todays tasks on time!!
β¦and sent the invoice to the client.
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Letβs play a game: how many startups have you been in?
Iβll start: 2.
My total career earnings in equity currently stands at a whopping -60β¬ because I had to pay the notary fees myself. π€¦ββοΈ
I couldnβt agree more with that.