The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough

	The New AI Superpowers: Focus and Followthrough(rickmanelius.com)
	214 points by mooreds 46 days ago \| 79 comments
	tl;dr: AI productivity gains tempted the author to spin up 40+ side projects simultaneously, leading to burnout from self-imposed "make-work" rather than the promised freedom. The lesson: use AI to go deeper (vertical) on fewer things that matter, not wider (horizontal) across more projects—paying the costly "last 1%" that separates good-enough work from great work, à la a partial vs. total eclipse.
	HN Discussion: ↑AI enables everyone to build redundant, incompatible versions of the same beginner software ↓Burnout stems from meaningfulness and confidence, not workload amount as article implies ↓AI coding agents actually reduce stress and burnout by flattening task difficulty ~Managing AI like a team of contractors with proper process avoids burnout ↑The 100x productivity premise is a myth; AI output needs costly polishing to ship