How 10x Developers Actually Use AI
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Posts tagged with productivity
My Take on Vibe Coding VS Agentic Engineering
– wendelladriel.com - submitted by Wendell Adriel
My thoughts on why Agentic Engineering is a better path than Vibe Coding, and the workflow I use to turn AI agents into a structured engineering process.
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The Agentic Artisan
Christoph Rumpel reflects on how AI tools are changing the way developers work. The core message: take the shortcuts that cut out mechanical work, but don't outsource the parts that make your work yours.
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Creating The Perfect Claude Code Status Line
A walkthrough of building a useful Claude Code status line that shows your current repo, git branch, staged/unstaged changes, and context window usage percentage. The context percentage is the most valuable part: it helps you know when to compact or start a fresh session before quality degrades.
Read more [www.aihero.dev]
Selfish AI
Larry Garfield argues that the AI coding conversation focuses too much on individual productivity and ignores the broader societal costs.
Read more [www.garfieldtech.com]
AI Doesn't Reduce Work, It Intensifies It
– hbr.org
A Berkeley Haas study of 200 employees found that AI makes workers take on more, not less. The productivity gains are real, but exhausting.
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Use the Hyper key
Brian Lovin explains how to turn caps lock into a Hyper key that simulates pressing all four modifier keys at once. Use it for instant app switching, Raycast quicklinks, and custom window layouts.
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Introducing the SHIP Score: Straightforward prioritization for indie founders
A simple scoring system for deciding what to build next. Score each idea on Strategic Heft, Income potential, and Perspiration (effort), then rank them to find your highest-ROI opportunities.
Read more [deployempathy.substack.com]
Adding a custom status line to Claude Code original
Claude Code has a nice little feature called the status line that lets you add a custom bar at the bottom of the terminal. I use it to show the current repo name and how much of the context window I've used. To set this up, first create a script at ~/.claude/statusline.sh: #!/bin/bash # Read JSON…
Creating The Perfect Claude Code Status Line
Matt Pocock shares his ideal Claude Code status line setup, showing repo name, git branch info, and context window usage percentage. The post includes step-by-step instructions using bash scripts and the ccstatusline package.
Read more [www.aihero.dev]
Is your team still hand-chiseling code?
Geocodio shares practical advice on getting engineering teams to adopt AI tools like Claude Code, addressing the growing gap between eager adopters and skeptical engineers.
Read more [www.geocod.io]
Personal AI Assistants Changed Everything For Me
Christoph reflects on how personal AI assistants have changed his daily workflow — from calendar updates to searching the web less. An interesting take on where this technology is heading.
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What gets lost when everything is effortless?
Not all friction is bad.
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A Guide to Claude Code 2.0 and getting better at using coding agents
A good guide to get started with Claude Code. If you haven't jumped on that train yet, this might be a good entry point for you.
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6 Weeks of Claude Code
Claude Code has considerably changed my relationship to writing and maintaining code at scale. I still write code at the same level of quality, but I feel like I have a new freedom of expression which is hard to fully articulate.
Read more [blog.puzzmo.com]
The work is never just “the work”
A deep dive on why projects always take longer and a framework to improve future estimation
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Impact, agency, and taste
Many of the most effective people I’ve worked with also do the most metacognition, i.e., reflecting on their own (and their team’s) work and thought processes, and figuring out how to improve them.
Read more [www.benkuhn.net]
An argument for logging off
Some nice thought by Aaron Francis
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Creating issues is now easier than ever
– flareapp.io - submitted by Spatie
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How to build a writing habit
A wonderful essay by Peter Suhm
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