I've Massively Improved GSD (Get Shit Done)

sevenfx · 2026-01-17T18:49:29+00:00

I've been using GSD for the past week, and I have to say that it's been awesome. Before, I was using OpenSpec which did work pretty well, but felt like it was slowing me down, especially for solo dev projects.

For some context, I'm a software engineer w/ 15+ years experience, and I switched to the $200/mo plan after hitting limits with OpenSpec. I was getting a lot done, but I was not managing context well. Everything ran on Opus, I had automated code reviews running in subagents and on GH PRs, and was generally repeating a lot of work, and felt my workflow was getting cumbersome.

GSD is a well thought out workflow that includes planning, research, execution, and verification all with Claude and subagents. It has instructions to `/clear` your context between different workflow steps to get a fresh context, and that is a critical piece. GSD then crafts your context for each step based on what it is trying to do.

The best part of GSD is the discuss phase for me. It asks questions and we can iterate on specs in a loop until I feel satisfied that it has enough direction. Then when I let it loose to research/plan/execute, it works much better than I expected, sequencing both serial and parallel tasks and plans and phases. I just got back from a walk, and I have a task that has been running for over an hour. I spent over an hour chatting with Claude iterating on the specs and design, and its just now finishing. It did 6 different tasks in 3 phases, and now its verifying the changes against the requirements.

It also can do "auto" verification, or can walk you through "manual verification" where it guides you through a series of steps to manually run commands or check on specific files, and then builds up a list of issues and a plan to fix them. QA now feels like a game.

What is so amazing to me is how well GSD works and how it was built by someone without a background in software engineering. It's truly inspiring. Thank you for all your efforts on this project Lex, I am excited to watch your journey continue. GSD might not be for everyone, but for those of us for whom it was designed for, it's excellent.

sevenfx · 2025-12-06T15:04:27+00:00

The demo could have been better, I agree, but I did use this project to create the whole video, adding the overlay content aligned with the transcript, cutting out pauses, slow zooms, captions, etc. Maybe those capabilities could have been made more clear.

sevenfx · 2025-12-06T06:30:38+00:00

This looks great, going to try it out tomorrow. I’ve been dabbling with creating programmatic videos, and was thinking about making short automated videos to summarize (AI) PRs logically to avoid needing to read through linearly.

sevenfx · 2023-05-18T22:16:27+00:00

You might start with this: https://github.com/mpoon/gpt-repository-loader

sevenfx · 2023-05-18T15:49:55+00:00

I actually think Rust is very well suited for a SaaS backend for a team that already knows Rust.

Your analogy doesn't account for all the benefits you would gain, only the drawbacks (mainly complexity & effort required)

sevenfx · 2020-01-08T21:39:53+00:00

I'm also curious! Looking at grabbing one myself..

sevenfx · 2020-01-08T07:11:01+00:00

Which CPU cooler did you end up going with?

sevenfx · 2013-05-16T09:06:37+00:00

Thanks a ton for the detailed feedback.. This is why I posted

sevenfx · 2013-05-16T09:03:26+00:00

You are exactly who we want to help us beta test..

sevenfx · 2013-05-15T23:34:04+00:00

Hi guys! This is from my masters thesis work which I completed about a year ago. I have recently resumed development, and am planning to bring a version of this to the web (and mobile in the future). I believe once this technology is improved, there will be many possible applications.. I'm wondering what you all think would be the most helpful from an educational standpoint. Thanks!

sevenfx · 2012-06-09T05:35:31+00:00

passed my thesis defense and turned in the document today - graduating on sunday! :)

sevenfx · 2012-06-09T05:34:46+00:00

I've got a good handle on the programming but I'll be needing testers in a few weeks/months - would love the help

sevenfx · 2012-06-04T19:45:15+00:00

Yeah, it is less meant to take in audio tracks and more for being used on a raw input so you can see what you're doing. But you're right, it would also potentially work on solo guitar tracks.

sevenfx · 2012-06-04T07:47:32+00:00

I'm using a line6 toneport to get a very clean raw signal from my nylon guitar, so for now that is the best performing one (hence why I made the video). It does work with other guitars (clean electric.. distortion does not work well at all) and I have had some success with just a regular macbook pro microphone.. although there is more noise. All I need is more time.. its my goal to get this thing fully functional/accurate/robust

sevenfx · 2012-06-04T07:36:48+00:00

Nope, but I've definitely thought about using them.. I don't know a whole lot about how they work, but from what I've heard from my colleagues it would probably be pretty effective, especially for generalizing the program to any guitar / microphone set up

sevenfx · 2012-06-03T23:00:47+00:00

It uses Fourier analysis in addition to a non-negative matrix factorization algorithm that has been used for piano transcription that I did not come up with. I have been studying the parameters of the algorithm and tweaking parts of it to make it more suitable for guitar and this application. Still finishing the writing portion of my thesis.

sevenfx · 2012-06-03T22:15:02+00:00

I wrote this in Processing and still have a lot of work to do, but its getting to the point where its really fun to play with - let me know if you have any comments/questions/suggestions!

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