Before AI, I could code for hours in pure flow. Now I type a prompt, wait, get 300 lines back, and spend the next 20 minutes reviewing code I did not write.
That is not building. That is supervising.
What broke it
- Big batches. One prompt, a wall of code.
- Dead time. While the agent works, I reach for my phone.
- Lost mental model. Code I did not write does not stick.
- Interruptions. Permission prompts pull me out every few minutes.
What I am changing
Short loops. Smaller changes per turn. More conversation, less code dumping. And voice, so the gap between thinking and asking gets close to zero.
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