Here I write about pragmatic thinking: deep thought with sharp action. I love custom-built software that neatly solves aches and pains. However, I am prone to acting without thinking and software for its own sake. This blog reminds me that action without purpose is empty and the greatest things in life can only be cared for, not built.
"What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets? No, Neo. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to."
I shipped a fully-featured game with Claude Code. After two weeks, I realized I hadn't read a line of code.
Subtract the LLM's "escape routes" to get novel results from your prompts.
When you ship at the speed of thought, thinking becomes more important, not less.
I've found that somewhere around 98% of all my procrastination comes from a lack of clarity about what exactly the end goal is and what the very first step towards that end goal should be.
