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tikimcfeelast Tuesday at 9:17 PM3 repliesview on HN

Ya know, I have to admit feeling something like this. Normally, the amount of stuff I put together in a work day offers a sense of completion or even a bit of a dopamine bump because of a "job well done". With this recent work I've been doing, it's instead felt like I've been spending a multiplier more energy communicating intent instead of doing the work myself; that communication seems to be making me more tired than the work itself. Similar?


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whynotminotlast Tuesday at 9:35 PM

It feels like we all signed up to be ICs, but now we’re middle managers and our reports are bots.

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perfmodelast Tuesday at 10:13 PM

You’re possibly not entering into the flow state anymore.

Flow is effortless. and it is rejuvenating.

I believe:

While communication can be satisfying, it’s not as rejuvenating as resting in our own Being and simply allowing the action to unfold without mental contraction.

Flow states.

When the right level of challenge and capability align and you become intimate with the problem. The boundaries of me and the problem dissolve and creativity springs forth. Emerging satisfied. Nourished.

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johnsmith1840last Tuesday at 11:53 PM

This is why I think LLMs will make us all a LOT smarter. Raw code made it so we stopped heavily thinking in between but now it's just 100% the most intense thought processes all day long.

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