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hectdev • today at 2:26 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

I really don't understand some of the comments here. I've honestly been automating so much of my work that I spend most of my days working on personal projects and checking in on what's being done on my behalf by AI. This, of course, after spending a few weeks setting up validation tools so I can trust the output.


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Valakas_ • today at 2:28 PM

But someone in the same business field as yours, who, instead of spending time on personal projects, is working on the business itself, will be ahead of you.

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deadbabe • today at 2:30 PM

Same. Once I actually tweaked my agent to do all the same work I used to do by hand, I now do so little work that I often try to think of ways to performatively imply that I’m working hard out of fear that maybe someone will catch on and I’ll just get fired out and replaced with my agent once and for all.

A neat trick I’ve found is that I can just invent random work for myself in the form of building custom tools and skills for various workflows and write it off as research.