Eric Powell

Programmer (Ruby/Rails, mostly). Phish/Dead. Always moving. Past: Founder of @ratioclothing (acquired). “Be curious, not judgmental.” - Whitman/Lasso

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@charlieholtz @shadcn I loved the scratchpad! Would love to see something like it return.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford @IanLandsman @conductor_build Yeah I’ve come to appreciate conductors chat experience quite a bit. And the automated summaries, linking workspaces etc. I feel like I could get 80% there with some hooks etc but not the same. It’s a bummer for sure.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford @IanLandsman @conductor_build Have you fiddled with big terminal for Claude? I may try that. Codex has not stuck for me either despite repeated attempts. I’m thinking I maybe write some hooks or something in my setup script to inject some conductor context (conductor port etc)

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@charlieholtz Any thoughts on maybe custom hooks etc to make big terminal usage with Claude more integrated? Love love love conductor but never seem to stick with codex despite multiple attempts.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@TheStalwart @nicgimbal @garrytan @Shpigford @levelsio (to cite a few examples of programmers posting about their agentic workflows. Huge community on X building 100% agentically with tools like @conductor_build / @superset_sh etc.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@crepesupreme @TheStalwart “Agentic engineering” is the term I’ve seen some folks adopt.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@TheStalwart A lot of the more serious discussion I’ve seen has begun to call it “agentic engineering,” and maybe that’s just semantics but people building real stuff vs slop still build with an engineering mindset.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@arvidkahl Prior to using conductor I basically rolled my own version of this with a setup/teardown shell script that I invoked with a custom claude skill.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@arvidkahl Conductor dedicates a 10 port range to each worktree and has setup/run/teardown scripts that can be triggered. I have my setup/teardown scripts handle setting up docker, databases etc.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford @conductor_build Been playing with conductor. Absolutely love the way it allows me to quickly create a toggle between multiple workspaces/worktrees. Am I crazy though that I have anxiety that I’m not getting the full Claude code experience by using their chat ui vs cc tui?

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@strzibnyj iMessage search

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@elonmusk Make an SUV version please.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@buccocapital I agree that all these layoffs will cite ai and that they are coming—but why do companies feel the need for the air cover? Why not just say the truth out loud?

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@GerberKawasaki There has never been a better time to be a programmer…as long as you enthusiastically embrace AI. The best now operate with 10x leverage (or more) and the lower cost to build generates more demand for custom software.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Austen Do you still need a DUNS number?? 🤦‍♂️

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@pitdesi It drives me crazy that Tesla won’t make a real full or midsize suv with an interior that’s at least on par with other manufacturers.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford I have a suspicion that there is quite a bit of astroturfing and sponsored posting coming from one (or both) labs. I like both codex/opus and use them both but lean more to cc still. Wonder if some of this is stack dependent. Opus 4.5/6 one-shots every decent plan in rails

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford @nijikokun @conductor_build I haven’t played with this in codex desktop yet, but I already had a bash script that would spin up and tear down docker stuff, handle unique port assignments etc. required a few tweaks in app config too. Claude code wrote the script of course.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

@Shpigford Ngl, have considered running the same exact prompt.

[Eric Powell @powell_eric]

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