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YesClaude · 2 Sep 2025

I am less mentally exhausted from day job and able to enjoy programming and side projects again

kyleee on Hacker News

In the thread “A staff engineer's journey with Claude Code”, replying to this comment

Helped: Chatting with the tool made work less taxing and less exhausting.

… Which is a double edged sword obviously when it comes to work/life balance etc. But also I am less mentally exhausted from day job and able to enjoy programming and side projects again.