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Ask HN: Do you token max? Why or why not?

I posit that:1. I am faster using agentic coding than without2. I am 10x faster using many agents in parallel3. When I hit a limit (5h, week), its a good time to take a break - and focus on some slower work or step away.4. If I can reliably produce quality output with agents, then I should attempt to automate the workflow from idea to QA.5. If I can automate how I work, I can sleep while I...

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Re:Herdr is joining Y Combinator. The runtime stays open on Thursday August 06, 2026 @11:30PM (#49205625)
I’m the founder of scape.work - and it’s precisely why we’re not free, not open source. I want to build something with a mission of helping people own their infrastructure around AI tooling locally. If I raise money I am legally bound to my shareholders to create value, as opposed to my customers and my mission. Bootstrapping has never made more sense, when code is so cheap.
Anyone else experimenting with their claude code sessions messaging other claude sessions remotely?

Show HN: My coworker and I planning with our Claude Codes in the same chat room

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1t3aiqa/my_coworker_and_i_planning_a_feature_with_our_two/

my co-worker and I both ran local Claude Code terminal sessions (with local folder context and local claude settings), and then we invited them to our P2P encrypted chat room.We asked each other some questions and laid out the goals, then let the claude code sessions hash out the details and formulate a plan for the backend and frontend to follow and execute on, while we supervise and...

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Re:How to Use Git Worktrees with Claude Code on Monday April 20, 2026 @03:07PM (#47839071)
Just wanted to share this quick video demonstrating the value of git worktrees with Claude code.

Working on many things in parallel on the surface is very overwhelming.

So we need to start by creating a slow and intentional process for shipping high quality features (i.e. brainstorming documents, planning documents, todos, triage, multi-agent reviews, etc). Create your own, or use plugins like compound engineering/gsd/superpowers.

Compound engineering for example can take many minutes between each prompt as it explores and thinks. It creates great output (given strong input) at the cost of time, like any person would.

Once you have a process you like, it should be the equivalent of you pair coding with a better version of yourself.

Pair coding with one person at a time is not scalable.. I.e. trying to watch the changes and pair code with two people writing different features at the same time would be a nightmare.. and the same can be true with pair coding with a few agents in parallel.

So to leverage worktrees you need to shift your perspective of shipping a single feature, to managing the outcomes of many engineers.

Imagine each worktree is an engineer on your team, assign work the same way (i.e. no two worktrees should be working on exactly the same feature), then simply answer their questions/help them test their changes/provide feedback.

You only review code when the worktree agent has reviewed their own code enough times that they (Claude) are happy with the result and submit a PR. Then you review the code, just like any other person on your team. Ask for changes and back to testing.

AI makes code is cheap, your time is still valuable, so figuring out how to scale yourself is always going to be better than a tool that tries to scale for you.

Re: on Monday April 20, 2026 @07:50AM (#47832968)
Hey everyone,

Just wanted to share this quick video demonstrating the value of git worktrees with Claude code.

Start by slowing things down. Create a repeatable process for shipping high quality features - using plugins like compound engineering/gsd/superpowers.

Compound engineering for example can take many minutes between each prompt as it explores and thinks etc.. so all of the sudden you have time.

If you are working from a perspective of managing the outcomes of many agents instead of pair coding with one, it can dramatically alter your output.

Imagine each worktree is an engineer on your team, assign work the same way, help them test their changes and provide feedback. Only review code when they have reviewed enough times that they (Claude) are happy with the result and submit a PR. Only then do you review the code, just like any other person on your team. Ask for changes and back to testing.

Code is cheap, your time is valuable.

in addition to Compound Engineering, people in the comments in that thread also suggested the following planning tools to use with git worktrees:

- https://github.com/gsd-build/get-shit-done - https://github.com/obra/superpowers - https://github.com/github/spec-kit

I personally haven't used them, but I think any process like these + worktrees is the serious pro-tip/unlock.

Show HN: Scape – One-click worktrees and orchestrators for Claude Code

https://www.scape.work/

Hey HN, we've been using Claude Code daily for months, and built Scape to fix our biggest pain point: managing multiple worktrees quickly & reducing the mental load of switching between them quickly.What we built: Scape is a macOS menu bar app that sits on top of Claude Code and gives you:- One-click worktrees: click a button, get a new git worktree with a Claude session already working on...

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Re:Show HN: ThreadQuilt: AI-Free Thread Aggregator on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @11:25AM (#40718902)
This is really cool, but I would need the dates with the results.. if I'm looking up something technical, dates really matter as libraries change etc.
Re:How to Become a “Designer Who Codes” on Saturday April 22, 2023 @10:00AM (#35666689)
I’m a designer who codes, and for those who have had trouble expressing the value and finding a role that enables both, here is how I’ve positioned it:

As the primary designer for a product, who can also implement the design - the amount of communication needed between design and engineering literally evaporates.

I tell my devs they can build an ugly v1 of any feature simply for the sake of speed, and I’ll go in after to clean it up and make it look consistent. they don’t need to waste time with CSS.

Design changes so often after implementation, that I don’t even keep a living design file, most changes happen directly in code. If I do need to design something as part of a pitch or meeting material I take a screen shot of the product and just modify that.

Having worked as only a designer, and then only as an engineer, I can’t express how much faster my team is when design is part of engineering.

Speed is most critical to startups, I’ve always found interviewing with startups and presenting this skill set is highly sought after when expressed properly.

thanks! We agree - this tech is really going to change how quickly someone can find the information they care most about in an event
Hey everyone - today we launched a demo for people try our “ChatGPT” like tool (but not using ChatGPT) for asking questions about recent Wall Street events. Would love any feedback!
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2022) on Monday May 02, 2022 @03:14PM (#31239513)
Aiera | Senior Software Engineer | Remote | Full-time | https://www.aiera.com

Our platform analyzes events relevant to investors, company financials, and textual data to give investors an edge.

Our back end consists of Python and node based micro-services. We also utilize machine learning and big data to analyze equities and events, and to transcribe and analyze audio. We capture and re-broadcast audio via WebRTC, SIP, HLS, DASH. Our APIs are a mix of REST and GraphQL. We utilize Docker, AWS services, Terraform.

You may be a fit if:

* 3-5+ years of professional software development experience, ideally some of which was spent in a startup or fast-paced environment, but this is flexible for the right candidate * You enjoy thinking about systems design, and diving deep into the details * You are a self starter and can make decisions quickly * You have good communication skills and can support project stakeholders * You have experience working with Python, SQL, GraphQL, AWS, Docker, ElasticSearch * It would be amazing if you had WebRTC, SIP, telephony, experience, but is not required

reach out to elliot [at] aiera if you're interested!

> Why do you have a giant list of potentially stale bugs?

Most places I've worked have a bug log? Priorities balance between new feature development and fixing bugs / tech debt. If a bug isn't high priority, or the feature it was about has been changed or removed, the bug might now be stale - but still exists in a list somewhere.

> The policy described in the linked-to article is roughly equivalent to saying that every bug/issue must be passed to someone, who is in charge of that issue, including closing them.

It's the opposite, it's saying that if the bug / issue isn't easy enough to be solved right then, it needs to be reported again later, or added to the official prioritized road map.

> What happens if the stakeholder's sanity runs out first?

This is a good question :)

Obviously you’re entitled to your opinion. We don’t have jr. members on our team, but if we did, they’d be assigned a project like anyone else. If the project was a bug, that would be reasonable. This process is for the intern and every other dev to avoid reading a giant list of potentially stale bugs anytime they have a short gap between work. it keeps them working on A) what they were assigned, or B) something small that people have been clamoring for.
I have worked with only 2 architects who have made me understand what it means to be a good architect. 1 they make sure the code is organized in a meaningful way - consistently, and using places and patterns which make it feel easy and obvious. 2, they determine the code conventions used in a project and help to enforce them with tooling (git hooks, generators, PR reviews etc).

This helps scale a team, and build a cohesive lightning fast unit.

I’ve worked with fantastic devs in the past who had no real understanding of this kind of “architecture”, and as a team the difference was clear.

Love the design, looks great!!
Re:Vue 3 Beta on Thursday April 16, 2020 @11:02PM (#22895837)
React can make people better javascript developers.

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