The line that stopped me: "They weren't speeding me up. They were slowing me down in the right places."
Most AI-productivity takes measure output velocity — lines shipped, features closed. The actual leverage is upstream: what questions get asked before a single line exists. Your Holodeck slowing you down to distinguish "date the row closed" vs. "date the snapshot first saw it missing" is exactly the clarification that collapses two debug sessions you never had to run.
The question I keep turning over: if AI can expand the surface area of questions asked before building, is it compressing design time or stretching it in the direction that actually matters? Five hours on a data layer prompt sounds slow until you count what you didn't have to fix.
OMG. You code like a little old lady. I get it now. It's like the tortoise and the hare. One might be able to go really fast, but the other gets to the right destination on time! Great post.
The line that stopped me: "They weren't speeding me up. They were slowing me down in the right places."
Most AI-productivity takes measure output velocity — lines shipped, features closed. The actual leverage is upstream: what questions get asked before a single line exists. Your Holodeck slowing you down to distinguish "date the row closed" vs. "date the snapshot first saw it missing" is exactly the clarification that collapses two debug sessions you never had to run.
The question I keep turning over: if AI can expand the surface area of questions asked before building, is it compressing design time or stretching it in the direction that actually matters? Five hours on a data layer prompt sounds slow until you count what you didn't have to fix.
OMG. You code like a little old lady. I get it now. It's like the tortoise and the hare. One might be able to go really fast, but the other gets to the right destination on time! Great post.
I know where the worst pot holes are and the timing of the traffic lights. :)
https://youtu.be/D7f9hsFrKUY?si=XCe8EHnVmauoKSec
LOL!!!