Just a Typical Day at the Office Now
Shipping 20 PRs in a single heads-down day — something unthinkable a year ago
Just a typical day at the office now. Shipping 20 PRs in a day by myself would have made my head spin a year ago. It kinda still does now. 10-15+ is now the norm for me for a heads down day.
Not all of these are crazy meaningful in terms of impact, but some of them are.
Wild times if you lean into this way of building.
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