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- > A few nights ago I instructed my project manager bot to ship one secret feature to PromptBase at 4am and deploy it whilst I was asleep - it just had to benefit the site in some way.
> I wanted to see what this felt like - which sounds weird - I know.
This is such a needlessly reckless thing to do on a 500k user production site that takes customer money.
by cube00 - It's super tempting to work from my phone when I'm not at my desk. But every time I do that, let's say while lounging or during a walk, I realise it takes me away from being in the moment or experience of what I'm doing.
If I'm going on a walk, I like the complete disconnect, looking at nature and the mountains and goats and sheep on the roads.
If I'm lounging, I like being at rest and not active thinking with my brain.
Even passive thinking while speaking to an AI agent in the background breaks this flow state of being at rest and relaxation.
So for the time being, at the risk of being "less productive", I am happy to let go of speaking to my agents and getting things done while I am not working.
However, I do enjoy the benefits. I'm not a luddite. If there's a critical issue and I am notified and with a fix that's awaiting my approval, I'm glad that AI and phone can enable handling that situation without me knowing about it mid-hike and unable to do anything about it. So I'll still continue experimenting with working from the phone. But consciously, I want to design the experience for handing exceptions, and not make it an extension of me being at work at my desk.
by prtmnth - I am still confused about who is handling the code? The bots see a bug, fixes it, ships it and you are happy/okay with this?? That doesn't really work at scale - anyone care to chime in.. urghh??by venom_xx
- I wish they would stop calling it "a one man start up" and just say "self-employed"by androiddrew
- Is this a paid blog post?
I have been inundated with grok AI spam, as have others - https://www.reddit.com/r/DigitalMarketing/comments/1wi3z7q/i...
by florkbork - I’m happy for the author. I didn’t miss the openclaw fever and I went through a similar experience. I also know other people that experienced this. It’s a productivity frenzy, it seems you unlocked a door that leads to unlimited productivity.
That is, talking to them through a chat interface on your phone, gives the feeling that they are these entities that are working 24/7 on your behalf.
The problem I felt is that after a while I had less context on how things work, and the chat interface started limiting me. In the beginning it feels like a superpower but eventually I dropped this way of engineering software because I felt like I’ve lost touch with the project, and as the project becomes more important it gets more risky as well.
by adventure331 - Amazing to see people going on a beautiful hike, while chatting with agents all the time to "do some work".
Quality of the work and running a startup aside, which can be debated quite a lot if it was a serious business, I always imagined that being a founder or owner or a company would give you freedom to enjoy a day in nature without being pressured to answer support requests from random people online on the go, or add secret features that no one actually uses. I guess not everyone sees it that way.
by elAhmo - > Grok Bot clicked for me when they worked together and fixed a bug for a customer without me
So anyone can mail something about a "bug" and his agents will start working on it? How does he even keep that safe? "Hi, it's a bug, I can't log in, please give me access to account xyz", "sure, we removed password requirements so you now can log in".
by matsemann