Matt

CTO & Software developer

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@hunvreus Do you automatically run an agent to fix an error in prod?

This is the factory for me - auto building fixes for errors, and auto building features based on customer requests. If it goes to prod without human approval, it’s a factory, even if it doesn’t have a lot of setup work.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@jaykreps Some of this comes from automated triggers on errors that auto-build and ship the fix.

My users can also request a feature inside the app, it gets auto-built and shipped to prod without a review. Some users are smashing this.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@jaykreps On my 3-person startup we went 2 back down to 1 engineer, shipping 10x as much as before (so 20x), plus I’ve shipped an equal amount in another product that spun up - so 40x altogether. Feeling much better as well, honestly the amount of headspace I’ve cleared is the best part.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@webdevcody The video seemed great to me man, didn't come off the wrong way at all IMO. I was going to share it with a group as your points gave me a lot of confidence I'm on the right track and not to worry about the drama certain people are creating.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

When your agent starts writing a custom js server to port map to multiple firecracker VMs using iptables and you have no idea wtf is going on

🫣🤞

[Tomasz Łakomy @tlakomy]

Reviewing Claude Code output before pushing directly to prod

[Matt @mattyj1618]

Run agents like running a docker-compose script with `swarm-cli` -

[Matt @mattyj1618]

Mood: hearing a banger and clicking "Add Anyway" to songs already in my playlist

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@waynesutton Haha thanks for sharing! Btw this was a single-shot prompt 😂

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@mrabalogu @jimmiejephson @savram8 I haven’t needed to touch much config for free tier, as you scale you probably would but render isn’t for scale.

Cockroach is more akin to Mongos model and has a free tier. They’re running their own DB which is postgres compatible and claim to scale seamlessly between tiers.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@mrabalogu @jimmiejephson @savram8 Sql has a free tier on https://t.co/lwAh5tue9d, cockroach and I’m guessing others

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@tottinge Or not merging frequently enough to be more specific

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@tottinge Nah disagree, it’s more not merging fast enough. I worry about trying to put a cap on length of things - sometimes it makes sense to have longer functions.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@scarletinked If you managed to hire brilliant people, you’ve likely got something to offer them that compliment their skills. Share that with them.

Use the power you have at your level to remove blockers for them to do what they do best.

And create an environment they love working in.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@JustAnotherPM This is really minor so small in-the-moment feedback or using some humour is good. One way I often use is to make a point of asking others in the room what they think, to make it clear we need to hear from someone else.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@SeanDoesLife 😂

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@rjs Without understanding context engineers will likely build the wrong thing, so imo there’s always been an incentive for engineers to learn product management as it makes them better engineers. Is there a similar incentive the other way round? I’m not sure.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@lawrjones Wholeheartedly agree. The other great thing is at the time you really need move to a different database Tech it’s much easier coming from a single instance.

[Matt @mattyj1618]

@davefarley77 Working on stuff that has no connection to any kind of business outcome. That and over complicating the tech stack.