@yishan: This is what happens when you become a CEO, the "cognitive load time density" goes way up: when every lower-level task …

This is what happens when you become a CEO, the “cognitive load time density” goes way up: when every lower-level task is done by some[thing] else, all that remain are the high-level tasks. The stakes are higher, data is incomplete, and the options are ambiguous.

Most people are not equipped for this. There’s a reason CEOs all have these crazy exercise and meditation lifestyles: they are optimized to provide a physical and therapeutic base to allow for sustained cognitive output and decision-making willpower.

Someone who wants to move to the next stage of productivity through vibecoding without burning out within a few months will need to re-engineer their life.

(Remember: it’s only been a few months since the models became good enough to code! It happened in ~December!)

David (@DavidSHolz): my friends are all feeling extremely productive and also extremely drained with the latest coding models. this makes me feel like something is wrong, and also that there might be a big opportunity. does anyone have any strategies they use to make it feel better day-to-day?