Nikita M.(@meln1k):Get exposed to the problem before the agent. Make your first contact with reality agent-free. Don't let the clanker corrupt your original thinking. Struggle with the problem, synthesize the solution, only then ask the bot for feedback. Steer the agent, don't be steered by it.

Nikita M.

@meln1k

Software engineer @ Datadog by day, coding agent hacker by night. Building

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Nikita M.@meln1k

2026.07.06 18:22

Get exposed to the problem before the agent. Make your first contact with reality agent-free. Don't let the clanker corrupt your original thinking. Struggle with the problem, synthesize the solution, only then ask the bot for feedback. Steer the agent, don't be steered by it.

Dillon Mulroy@dillon_mulroy

2026.07.05 21:49

yall im ngl its way harder to get joy and satisfaction out of building with ai than it was before constantly straddling burn out, being far less immersed in hard problems, constant context switching i’m tired of the uncertainty of where this is going and how to do it well