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1. rolph+C1[view] [source] 2026-01-03 15:56:13
>>ksec+(OP)
in that one year, more was accomplished than writing a body of code.

people learned, explored concepts, and discovered lateral associations, developed collective actions, consolidated future solidarity.

claude just output some code.

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2. falcor+Z9[view] [source] 2026-01-03 16:36:18
>>rolph+C1
Yes. Obviously no one is claiming that Claude Code literally made a year pass in an hour as if it were Superman spinning the Earth faster. Can we just keep the goalpost put for a second?

P.S. EDIT:

The big question will soon become - how technical do you need to be to build a system, because most of those learnings, concepts and associations are surely at the domain level. Or phrased differently: to what extent will future software development shift from hands-on engineering to hands-off technical guidance? Perhaps the future developer role would be much more similar to today's TPM (Technical Program Manager)?

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