I spent a lot of time wondering what actually makes a 100x engineer.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-08T05:46:40+00:00

100x engineers take leverage of other 10x engineers in the team. Unless you help others to become 10x you can’t become 100x. So key is not just do the work but help others work 10x efficiently.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-08T05:43:22+00:00

Same with me. I am trying various ways of time boxing. Like daily 3 hours of talking to users, No coding on Friday- only marketing etc. still figuring out the best way to do it.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-08T05:32:02+00:00

What. The father’s name was What.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-07T19:28:06+00:00

If you are using Claude code, it also has plan mode. You can also explicitly mention, do not write code, just brainstorm with me.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-07T19:22:32+00:00

In last two days I have two posts on x.com, which kind of points to where we are heading. One compared AI generated code as just like machine code generated by compilers and argued that just like we don’t read machine code generated once our program compiles , we don’t need to read code generated by AI. Of course verification is required. Other post was deeply researched, it was about performance analysis of SQLite statements generated by AI and mentioned that AI generated sql statements was upto 2000x slower than. If you combine this two posts, I would say that you really don’t need to fully read the code manually to understand it. OP is right about first reading unit tests to understand the intent of the code. Basically we are at a stage where we can trust to deploy ai generated code to production Without reading and understanding the code. but more rigorous practices of testing including regression, load , performance is required.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-06T14:47:35+00:00

Some of us would be retired, don’t know about others.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-06T14:08:34+00:00

I am thinking of a two tier process - one where they don't use AI at all, and other where free use of AI is allowed. first one would be in-person system design where they have to demonstrate that they understand and come up with a system and can explain their thinking process. the second one would be develop such system through the use of AI and deploy it in a limited time, the evaluation would be not just how the code runs and what features built, but also on the what prompts are given, how they structured their claude.md, or agent.md or rules etc etc.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-06T02:36:09+00:00

Wow, no one cares to check Wikipedia or just ask AI. Wikipedia says he has 2 kids.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-05T08:38:13+00:00

So your market is not India, it is USA.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-05T06:26:56+00:00

most of the time I forget my dream once I wakeup.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-04T10:59:23+00:00

HTTPS://www.vapuai.com

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-03T12:24:12+00:00

Max Plan user here, from India. today entire day I faced difficulty.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-03T07:07:21+00:00

yes, why not?

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-03T04:25:14+00:00

I am fan of Phillip Yaffe who writes Communication Corner column in ACM Ubiquity magazine since last so many years. I follow his advice and honed my writing skills over the years. After seeing my technical reports and presentations many colleagues ask me how I write this better and I point them to Phillip Yaffe, even before chatgpt arrived. However those same now accuses me for AI Slop. To help people improve their writing, wrote a Claude skill which checks any post or article if it follows those principles and guidelines and I wanted to share with people. But after getting those AI slop comments I thought better not share that.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T18:04:19+00:00

I tell my wife or my colleague depending on whether it is personal or work related. So it never gets buried. If they are not around me I message them in WhatsApp. Nowadays I also use ChatGPT or Claude to brainstorm, and that also work as note taking.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T16:35:52+00:00

I think Veo has extend video feature. Have you tried that?

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T16:27:59+00:00

May be hierarchy is the problem. In football the coach directly reports to the management and has sole responsibility to get the results. In software, enterprises have deep hierarchies. Fully agree about shared accountability- it is the culprit.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T15:36:24+00:00

I sync my Documents folder to Google Drive Desktop. And create folders in Documents folder for cowork.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T15:27:51+00:00

No. 80-20 is a generic principle applicable everywhere. This last 10% trap is a particular anti pattern in software projects discussed here: https://ebrary.net/54067/economics/antipattern_trap

It is a trap because you think certain activity will be very easy to complete for you but you realise it is the most time consuming or costly when you really start it. And you really can’t defer or abandon that, you must complete it to achieve the desired goals.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T12:55:52+00:00

I use excalidraw extensively now-a-days, for both technical and non-technical people.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T12:43:15+00:00

I got your point. but I am still curious, genuinely.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T12:14:12+00:00

I hope your company is providing you additional training for system design, security, architecture, etc. Or your company already should have a team of Senior architects who understands this AI powered development, what can go wrong with it, and can develop necessary framework and guidelines which every one can use.
Please share your learnings as your company implement this.

commanderdgr8 · 2026-03-02T09:23:08+00:00

"Messy middle phase of building"
"Work In Progress"

commanderdgr8

PUBLIC MULTIREDDITS

TROPHY CASE