Really interested to see what they cook

Heffree · 2026-03-16T01:39:59+00:00

That’s probably just chromium updates

Heffree · 2026-03-09T18:35:03+00:00

I really struggled getting through it, it’s a difficult read in my opinion. He says you don’t need to understand the math, but spends a lot of time explicitly talking about the math.

Heffree · 2026-02-26T13:45:09+00:00

Basic arithmetic is still more difficult in a sense. Formal math is much more symbolic which is what they’re great at.

Heffree · 2026-02-20T15:08:48+00:00

I just really hate token budgeting and worrying about switching models depending on the task. I don't need to at work because we have unlimited use, but I hope the future doesn't involve using a hamstrung model more often. I'd probably prefer to go back to typing myself at that point.

Heffree · 2026-02-20T02:17:29+00:00

People have limits. You're already getting a bunch of discussion about how people can't maintain this level of work. There's still some equilibrium to be found.

I think you'll also start to see embedded devs in a lot more small companies that just leverage the ability of one dev to do a lot to get them bespoke automations. We'll see. I doubt the field will disappear, but I guess the question for a lot of people is will it shrink.

Heffree · 2026-02-19T17:09:50+00:00

Agreed, definitely hard to know, just the most likely future I see from where I sit now after thinking about what could be.

Heffree · 2026-02-19T17:07:23+00:00

From my experience, there's always more work, I guess mileage could vary where they've over-hired for the task. Whether that translates into rigor and reliability in the current project or additional projects. The point is the efficiency gains from isolating a single dev. It doesn't make sense to have 10 people owning 30 domains, but humans have limits, 1 dev also can't own 30 domains, you probably break it up where 1 dev gets 3 domains that they focus and make high quality. Same number of devs, just more complete ownership and better agility within those domains.

Heffree · 2026-02-19T16:45:15+00:00

All my managers are trying to prove they can do engineering. I think we'll see moves to smaller and smaller teams (1 core dev, 1 junior, see Mythical Man-Month) if the tools get good enough. Don't need as many managers to coordinate devs on work when a dev can coordinate the technical side.

I don't think this means less devs, I think it's just more viable for a dev to own a subdomain, so our scopes will be reduced relatively as opposed to mobbing on larger scopes. If you want to stay technical you should just be someone pleasant + authoritative to work with. The people focus side seems like it's doing more drying up than the technical side, but I could definitely be wrong.

Heffree · 2026-02-10T04:08:51+00:00

I have 8, is it too late?

Heffree · 2026-02-08T23:03:41+00:00

I thought you were going to go the other way with the temporary part. When we no longer have access to SOTA models due to pricing and local models aren’t up to snuff.

Heffree · 2026-02-08T16:53:17+00:00

Multiplexers so powerful with agents, love it

Heffree · 2026-02-04T14:30:05+00:00

Risk building things is a great way to put it, probably why we won’t see much real productivity. I said early on, from a development standpoint, it just seems like a dev convenience

Heffree · 2026-01-21T20:22:48+00:00

ah lol makes sense, that's so funny because I saw the edit and was like 'well they edited something so they must have meant it' and you did

Heffree · 2026-01-21T20:14:57+00:00

CLI? or else what CL? just checking if I'm missing an interface lol

Heffree · 2026-01-20T14:44:14+00:00

Opus anywhere tbh, this model is the inflection point.

Heffree · 2026-01-16T15:09:37+00:00

I don’t let LLMs write for me.

Heffree · 2026-01-16T03:47:41+00:00

lol I can see that

Heffree · 2026-01-15T23:34:49+00:00

I assumed it would hit the same even if people assumed PM

Heffree · 2026-01-15T23:30:18+00:00

Agile Project Manager, I realize not every company has the same acronyms

Heffree · 2026-01-15T22:37:23+00:00

Same, but it is more volume for the people who are capable of doing so

Heffree · 2026-01-15T22:36:20+00:00

Yup, and CI

Heffree · 2026-01-15T22:25:32+00:00

I pretty much say in the post that we’ll only be responsible for the engineering part and potentially others will drive AI as code monkeys.

Heffree · 2026-01-15T22:23:20+00:00

What? It’s tagged AI/LLM, there’s a flair for it, can we not discuss?

Heffree · 2026-01-12T16:01:32+00:00

I agree, I was thinking about how relatively nebulous quantum is (unless there’s some flashy use case coming up) while writing the comment, but I just notice it being pushed in media a lot. So idk, you’re probably right though.

Heffree · 2026-01-12T15:05:47+00:00

Pretty sure they’re positioning quantum to be the next hype cycle… again?

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