Just grokked: CLAUDE.md files are sent with EVERY request. My rich 700+ line memory for 'do this task' seemed suddenly wasteful. Refactored to act as library index. 📉 Result: 730 → 442 lines (67% reduction). 30 min discussion, 2 min execution.
What if the best way to get great code from AI is to make it politely argue with itself? I tried the "antagonist agent" approach from a Claude Code event — and it genuinely feels like having a team. 🤖⚔️🤖
Given the right setup and guardrails coding agents become more and more productive, as shown in a recent article from OpenAI. What I find striking is how well their findings for maintaining context and high quality output align with how a high functioning team would work.
China's betting on AI while the West argues culture wars. Are we heading for Banks' utopian Culture — or something darker? Two reads that made me feel like we're standing at a civilisational fork in the road.
The "AI Swiss Army knife" hype isn't empowering young talent. It's a cost-cutting memo dressed up as a compliment. Generalists have always been the glue of great teams. Let's not confuse accessibility of tools with depth of craft.