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We're All Managers Now: My Journey into AI-Assisted Development

mattm — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:57:12 +0000

Article URL: https://mattmccormick.ca/we-re-all-managers-now-my-journey-into-ai-assisted-development/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799212

Points: 7

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New comment by mattm in "Superpowers 6"

mattm — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 22:49:12 +0000

Same here. I tried something similar to Superpowers and it went completely overboard for a small bug fix - writing a TDD, generating artifacts, etc.

New comment by mattm in "When someone says they hate your product"

mattm — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 20:32:19 +0000

Even the CEO's "apology" is pretty bad. He still finds a way to take shots at the original poster saying his original message was inflammatory (could also be read as how I'm justified in my response), that "he started it" and that the team was "spoken down to or treated dismissively" which they weren't. All the original feedback was about the project and was not directed at specific individuals.

New comment by mattm in "Ask HN: What skills do you want to develop or improve in 2026?"

mattm — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:32:29 +0000

Wow, you sound exactly like me - except I have a bit less years of experience. Let me know if you want to connect to help keep stay motivated (email in profile)

Two Canadians lose $2.3M to crypto scams

mattm — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:03:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/i-was-heartbroken-two-canadians-lose-23-million-to-crypto-scams/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339097

Points: 3

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New comment by mattm in "Transparent leadership beats servant leadership"

mattm — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:32:17 +0000

Your AI agent asks their AI agent

New comment by mattm in "All it takes is for one to work out"

mattm — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 17:33:45 +0000

Bezos' parents lent him $250k to start Amazon. The point is that by the time Bezos started Amazon they were wealthy and could provide him this safety net. Not many middle class families would be able to loan their kid that much money.

New comment by mattm in "LinkedIn is loud, and corporate is hell"

mattm — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:45:36 +0000

Reminds me of a blog post I once read from a manager writing about all the qualities of being a good manager. I read it nodding along that they all seemed like good traits. Then in the comment section there was a post from someone saying something like "You were my manager at one point and honestly you were one of the worst managers I've had in my career. I didn't see many of these behaviours from you". The author responded with something like "I don't disagree. There's sometimes a gap between knowing and doing"

New comment by mattm in "Feedback doesn't scale"

mattm — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:35:43 +0000

The same principle holds for quality management. You don't need to inspect every single product. However, if you inspect a small number of products at random, you'll detect a large percentage of the quality issues.

While leaders can't know everyone they should make it a priority to have those random connections outside their inner circle. If they don't, they become in danger of hearing only the info that their inner circle wants them to hear.

New comment by mattm in "I can build enterprise software but I can't charge for it"

mattm — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:01:16 +0000

The whole Github page feels AI generated too. Working 120 hours per week for 9 months? Give me a break.

New comment by mattm in "Addiction Markets"

mattm — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:49:15 +0000

If murder was legal, surely the amount of murders would increase.

New comment by mattm in "Chatbots Go on a Delusional Spiral"

mattm — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 19:24:04 +0000

> Sycophancy, in which chatbots agree with and excessively praise users, is a trait they’ve manifested partly because their training involves human beings rating their responses. “Users tend to like the models telling them that they’re great and so it’s quite easy to go too far in that direction”

We've already seen the effects of social media algorithms that route people into isolated bubbles. This is going to exaggerate it.

New comment by mattm in "The Fall of Roam (2022)"

mattm — Sun, 18 May 2025 23:24:30 +0000

The founder raised $8M on Wefunder and seems too have taken it and run. He hasn't provided any updates for a few years now.

New comment by mattm in "In the Network of the Conclav: How we "guessed" the Pope using network science"

mattm — Fri, 09 May 2025 19:28:55 +0000

Also most states are foregone conclusions so there's really only a handful in doubt.

New comment by mattm in "I automated my job application process"

mattm — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 04:57:46 +0000

That only works for desperate people. Sr people or people with other options would not take that risk.

New comment by mattm in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

mattm — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 04:44:55 +0000

This is me. I've noticed that I generally shut down after about 90 minutes of being at a social event.

New comment by mattm in "Principles for product velocity"

mattm — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:31:30 +0000

The missing context here is that their company looks to be a very small team - 5 employees according to LinkedIn.

Any process or methodology, or lack of, will work for a small sized company. At that size you get things done by just talking with each other. That doesn't scale to companies with hundreds or thousands of employees where multiple teams that you've never interacted with before may be involved in a project. These "throw out the processes and methodologies" articles are always written by people at small companies. Once they grow, they'll implement the same processes that everyone else uses to solve the problem of becoming too chaotic.

New comment by mattm in "Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake"

mattm — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:32:46 +0000

> why would I restrict someone's freedom to choose to make a poor decision?

Because there's a societal cost that goes beyond just the individual

New comment by mattm in "Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake"

mattm — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:27:15 +0000

That's a good point about being easy to externalize the blame. I'd also add on that likely a reason is the emotion of it. People are already emotional about sports and their team. With money on the line, that ramps up even more. The emotional aspect with highs and lows helps people crave more of that excitement.

Canadian mega landlord using AI 'pricing scheme' as it hikes rents

mattm — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 01:59:23 +0000

Article URL: https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41452781

Points: 136

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