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YesCodex, Claude · 2 Oct 2026

Basically a lot more time spent on "how should this work?" vs before a lot more time spent on "how can this work?

JohnMakin on Hacker News

50% of my working time is split on architecting, planning, designing, testing, automating, reviewing

In the thread “AI Makes Me Sad”

Helped: Automated prompting and shifting focus to high-level architecture and planning.

Got in the way: Slop from less diligent engineers hitting the team.

… I don't really mind other than the second order effects of slop grenades hitting my team by less diligent or shitty engineers. Basically a lot more time spent on "how should this work?" vs before a lot more time spent on "how can this work?"