When I was younger I assumed everyone wanted everything to be more efficient. That iteration and improvement was something all people could get behind. As I’ve gotten older I’ve realized this is not the case and my mistake was a core error in my mental model of the world and its institutions. Improvement has to be fought for. Status quo is by far the most popular position.
People. Stop.
We have an opportunity to do this right, in a way that we failed to do with every other tool (.vscode, .github, .circleci, .husky, etc) because we waited too long before trying to standardize.
Talk to each other, find an acceptable standard, and everyone commit.
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@nikunj Couldn’t agree more. As a founder, I’ve tried prioritizing democracy many times in various ways. Most efforts end up wasted or mediocre at best 😳
@SullyOmarr I’m also experimenting with this workflow via Claude Code ;)
Create Github Issue > Assign Claude > Create, Review, Merge PR > Deploy on Vercel > Live on Production
All while on mobile :)
Gonna turn on Curse’s background agent for similar workflow and compare.
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