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YesClaude · 29 Jul 2026

I'm currently hovering between 40-50x productivity (on a LOC basis, which I know is bad, but it's the only objective mesure I have), over 16+ weeks

DaveParkCity on Hacker News

40-50x productivity (on a LOC basis)

In the thread “The task is not the job”

Helped: Frontloading design, micromanaging agents, and using oracle tests.

… And the next tier happens when you have someone better at software development than the AI keeping it in check, micromanaging it if you will. I'm currently hovering between 40-50x productivity (on a LOC basis, which I know is bad, but it's the only objective mesure I have), over 16+ weeks, with Opus 4.6 (nothinking!) and now Fable (low thinking). I get there not doing a few things differently: …