Coding quick thought ->
Averaging about 320 commits per week as a person now. 50 per day.
Coding in 2026 is something very different from 2025.
Oh my oh my.
Haha. We may need to debate over a drink sometime. :)
My analogy is technical —
Before Google, people could get ahead at work by being great at Boolean search syntax: AltaVista, Lycos, etc: +,-, intitle: all that jazz
This is the moment we are in right now.
Where company CEOs are spending weekends hacking together prototypes. Because many of them can see the world their employees often can’t feel yet.
But, eventually, Google appeared, and you could just “talk to” a search engine.
I think AI is similar…
If it feels like a smart co-worker / manager / employee —
The best managers will be (again) - those who are the best people coaches…
Creating the right:
- context
- incentives
- conflict resolution
for Claudes managing other Claudes or
people managing Claudes, etc…
In other words—
IC is at a premium when directly operating Claudes is the leverage point.
And Claudes do not have hierarchy or memory.
But when the job is to operate a hierarchy of Claudes with a self-accumulating memory bank…
It swings back to feel very much like people/culture management
Yes? No? Maybe? :)
🌶️ spicy take - being AI pilled is potentially deadly for startup founders.
AI agents can get you “80%-there” on 20 priorities. They can crush your backlog. And they make it fun and tempting.
But getting to 💯% on your #1 priority still requires focus. And it still requires you.
Don’t get distracted by the 20 priorities. Focus on your #1.
AI agents in 2026 are pretty sweet. But either:
- over hesitant (“Would you like me to QA my work now?” Ummm…)
- over eager (“I just re-invented how website tables work from scratch”) or
- biased 👇
Excited to make something better 😉