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I would frame it differently ... Last year I was burning the fuck out hard. This year I am not. My gain is that I produce good work in a normal workday and I a

I would frame it differently ... Last year I was burning the fuck out hard. This year I am not. My gain is that I produce good work in a normal workday and I am absolutely not writing code to 4 am anymore... Overall for me it is a win for me and my company.

deadbabe 3mo ago
Odd, it was the opposite for me. Last year, no burnout. But then agents got good and everyone wanted more code more features faster and faster. I got burnt to a crisp. Now? I don’t give a fuck. Ok people want to push tons of code straight to prod? Go ahead, looks good to me… no need to review it if it’s with the latest frontier models right?
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Grombobulous 3mo ago
Some unsolicited, probably obvious advice for you for the future: never do that again. Managers will abuse you if you expand your workday to make sure deadlines don't slip. They will see that the work is getting done and see no urgency to hire more help. You have to surface capacity issues to management, learn to say "no" diplomatically, and/or "I have capacity for 2 things out of these 5, prioritize which ones you want first."
- hexasquid 3mo ago
  The LLMs are better at enforcing their boundaries than developers. Run out of tokens? That's it. No more code. It doesn't care how much the company needs this for the customer call tomorrow.
  - bonesss 3mo ago
    I feel that’s the opposite of the LLM-business models. If I run out of tokens I’m encouraged to spend money to buy more tokens, Claude has an overage setup, and Anthropic runs occasional token sales. So, to that example: the more often customers are hitting token limits under duress the more likely to open up the wallet and pay to finish.
    - nekusar 3mo ago
      So, its drug dealer economics. Run out of your fix? (Tap tap) Buy some more!

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I would frame it differently ... Last year I was burning the fuck out hard. This year I am not. My gain is that I produce good work in a normal workday and I a

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deadbabe 3mo ago
Odd, it was the opposite for me. Last year, no burnout. But then agents got good and everyone wanted more code more features faster and faster. I got burnt to a crisp. Now? I don’t give a fuck. Ok people want to push tons of code straight to prod? Go ahead, looks good to me… no need to review it if it’s with the latest frontier models right?
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Grombobulous 3mo ago
Some unsolicited, probably obvious advice for you for the future: never do that again. Managers will abuse you if you expand your workday to make sure deadlines don't slip. They will see that the work is getting done and see no urgency to hire more help. You have to surface capacity issues to management, learn to say "no" diplomatically, and/or "I have capacity for 2 things out of these 5, prioritize which ones you want first."
- hexasquid 3mo ago
  The LLMs are better at enforcing their boundaries than developers. Run out of tokens? That's it. No more code. It doesn't care how much the company needs this for the customer call tomorrow.
  - bonesss 3mo ago
    I feel that’s the opposite of the LLM-business models. If I run out of tokens I’m encouraged to spend money to buy more tokens, Claude has an overage setup, and Anthropic runs occasional token sales. So, to that example: the more often customers are hitting token limits under duress the more likely to open up the wallet and pay to finish.
    - nekusar 3mo ago
      So, its drug dealer economics. Run out of your fix? (Tap tap) Buy some more!