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Is AI Creating Unrealistic Expectations?
Is AI Making Us More Productive, or Are Unrealistic Expectations Pushing Us to Work More? I've been thinking a lot lately about how AI is changing the workplace, particularly for those of us in software development. I'm curious whether others are experiencing something similar. As a web developer, I've always taken pride in writing clean, maintainable code and building reusable components. Recently, I've been diving deeper into AI, agents, skills, and structured workflows. I genuinely believe AI has incredible potential to improve how we work. But I've started wondering: Has the promise of AI productivity created unrealistic expectations for the people actually doing the work? We've all heard the claims that AI can make us 5x or even 10x more productive. But does that mean developers should suddenly be expected to handle 5x or 10x the workload? I recently went through an experience that really challenged my perspective. I had three major projects with overlapping deadlines. To keep everything moving, I regularly found myself working 12-hour days, sometimes stretching to 18 hours. For one particular project, I knew I wouldn't have the time to approach the code the way I normally would. So, under pressure, I leaned heavily on AI and essentially let it cook. And let me tell you, that cooking was painful. 😂 AI got me about 60% of the way there. At first glance, the design looked decent. But once I started digging into the details, the responsiveness, fluidity, and overall user experience were nowhere near where they needed to be. What initially looked like a time saver turned into weeks of troubleshooting, refining, and reworking the output just to get to a functional product. And here's the part that really bothered me. What I would typically expect to accomplish in roughly 3,000 lines of CSS ended up becoming approximately 14,000 lines! Did the code work? Yes. Did it meet the immediate business requirements? Yes. Was it clean, readable, and maintainable? Not even close!
What Can We Build Together?
Over the past few days, I’ve had some fascinating conversations here in this community, including a private chat with @Bryson Bossley . Those conversations got me thinking. And last night, I couldn’t stop thinking. One thought led to another. Ideas connected. Questions became bigger. And somehow, I ended up writing a speech and turning it into a video. So please, WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST. And if you recognize yourself in what I’m saying, if something in that message resonates with you… Come back and read this. ——— What Can We Build Together? 50,000 minds. Thousands of skills. Countless ideas. And yet… most of us are still trying to succeed alone. Think about that for a moment. What if the greatest opportunity in this community isn’t the next AI tool, another course, or another business? What if it’s the person reading this right now? Someone here might have exactly the knowledge you’re missing. Someone else might need exactly what you already know. And the strange thing is… Neither of you even knows the other exists. Isn’t that a tremendous waste of potential? I made this video because I believe we’re overlooking something extraordinary. It’s not another tutorial. It’s not a sales pitch. It’s a question we should all be asking ourselves. What could we achieve if we stopped trying to do everything alone and started combining what we’re already good at? Maybe we don’t need another thousand ideas. Maybe we need to connect the people who can bring them to life. And maybe it starts right here. Not with another complicated system. Not with another promise of success. But with people discovering each other. So let me ask you three simple questions. 1. What are you genuinely good at? 2. What do you need help with? 3. What would you build with others? Don’t overthink your answers. You don’t need to impress anyone. You don’t need to sell yourself. Just be yourself. Because somewhere among the people reading this, someone might have exactly the missing piece you’ve been searching for.
What Can We Build Together?
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@Pascal Pollack I can tell you're really passionate about AI and these concepts, and I appreciate how thoughtfully you approach them. You ask great questions and share insightful perspectives that really get me thinking. I'm excited to learn from you and exchange ideas as we continue exploring all of this. I really appreciate you reaching out! To answer your question, at work, I already have a folder structure that closely aligns with some of the concepts Jake Van Clief has been teaching about organizing systems for Claude and ChatGPT. Our front-end architecture is organized into three main layers: - **Elements:** Foundational, reusable UI building blocks. - **Components:** Functional UI sections built using those elements. - **Layouts:** The overall structures that bring components together to create complete pages. This approach creates a reusable, scalable architecture where changes to foundational elements can be reflected consistently throughout the application, while also making the codebase easier for developers to maintain. Here's a simplified example of how we organize it: ``` src/ │ ├── elements/ # Reusable UI building blocks │ ├── buttons/ │ ├── alerts/ │ ├── inputs/ │ ├── typography/ │ └── icons/ │ ├── components/ # Built using reusable elements │ ├── forms/ │ ├── modals/ │ ├── heroes/ │ ├── cards/ │ ├── navigation/ │ └── accordions/ │ └── layouts/ # Overall page and template structure ├── grid-systems/ ├── page-templates/ ├── headers/ └── footers/ ``` What's exciting to me is that we already have a similar foundation in place, so I can see how these concepts could translate into an AI driven development workflow. The part I'm most interested in learning more about is how to structure the instructions and context so AI knows which resources to reference, when to use them, and in what order. That seems to be where the real value comes in. It ties back to something Jake mentioned in "What Do We Build Now That AI Can Do the Work?" Rather than just getting AI to complete individual tasks, how do we build systems that allow AI to work effectively within an established structure?
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Great! I’ll try to take a look at it over the weekend. Thanks for sending the article! If something says “TOP SECRET”, you’re pretty much required to read it, right? Hahaha..
What If I Gave You 50x More AI Usage Capacity?
What would you do with it? Would you become 50x more productive? Or would you just waste 50x more resources? If you’re already wasting your current AI quota on poor planning, repeated prompts, lost context and unfinished projects, why would 50x more suddenly change that? You’re not scaling productivity. You’re scaling inefficiency. Now imagine you had to build a system capable of managing that 50x quota intelligently. Persistent memory. Structured workflows. Task prioritization. Agent orchestration. Verification loops. Resource allocation. And it needs to scale to 100x or 200x without falling apart. Now comes the real twist. What happens when you take everything you’ve learned and apply it to your regular 1x account? Same structure. Same intelligence. Same efficiency. Suddenly, you can accomplish far more with the exact same quota. The real challenge was never how to use 50x more AI. It was learning how to get more out of the 1x you already had. So let me ask you: Do you actually need a bigger AI quota, or do you need a better system to manage it? That's the whole point: learn how to get more out of the 1x you already have. That's how you turn 1x into 50x, not 50x into 1x.
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This is a great question, and it’s actually something my coworkers and I have been discussing recently. It’s easy to waste tokens when you’re not being thoughtful and intentional about what you’re asking AI to do. I think a lot of that comes down to poor planning or simply rushing to get something done. We tend to focus on getting results quickly rather than taking the time to establish clear instructions, guidelines, and workflows. I'm starting to realize that the real value isn't necessarily having access to more AI resources, but learning how to build better systems that use those resources efficiently. That's exactly what I'm here to learn.
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@Pascal Pollack I love this! 🤣 Hilarious and yet GENIUS! My wife is always talking to her Whisper.io tool from her computer. I might have to steal your idea and get myself a remote. My family already thinks I talk to AI too much. Just wait until they catch me wandering around the house giving orders to a remote. Hahaha
Jake commented on my YouTube video!!!
You know you are working on the right thing when @Jake Van Clief comments this on you video! The showcases series shows my latest build and what I will be demoing to the Lyceum. It is a full CRM and Project Management System (PMS) build using my Automation Factory and that lives 100% in Microsoft's eco system. You can try the full build here: https://ashy-flower-0f920ed0f.4.azurestaticapps.net/?guide=on It is a demo that mimics what the real build does. See the full showcase playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbHpE15i41yc&si=Juq3iGImNspaDHQs
Jake commented on my YouTube video!!!
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@Allan Durhuus It is great to hear that you have learned so much over the last 8 months! It gives me hope and motivates me. Thanks for the reply.
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@Allan Durhuus Looking forward to it Allan!
COMMUNITY COMPETITION MEGATHREAD 🏆
📣 Update (10/22/26): Comp 15 Rules Added Current Challenge: Competition 15 The Challenge 💪 - Rebuild a past comp entry. Yours or someone else's. Then prove that its better. Rules & submissions 🗒️ -https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-15-the-rebuild Good luck everyone! --- What this thread is: I’ve seen a number of people either not know competitions are going on or know how to find them so here is a quick single source thread where you can get to them all. I’ll keep this updated as new challenges are released. See the current challenge as well as all past challenges below! Format for community challenges: https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/how-competitions-work-from-now-on?p=84912d60 Weekly leaderboard competition: Alongside the biweekly challenges, there is a weekly leaderboard challenge where the member at the top of the 7 day rolling leaderboard wins a free upgrade to their membership. This winner is announced on Mondays typically. --- Past Challenges Competition 1 The Challenge 💪 - Build a brand voice document for a pet grooming business Rules & submissions 🗒️ - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/first-ever-weekly-competition-is-live?p=90f50bf9 Results🏆 - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-1-winner-ian-barriopedro?p=0501b57e Competition 2 The Challenge 💪 - Build an artifact of a financial advisor client intake system Rules & submissions 🗒️ - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-2-the-artifact-sprint?p=15145a68 Results🏆 - https://www.skool.com/cliefnotes/weekly-comp-2-winner-virgilio-robinson
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I am excited, nervous, but looking forward to being part of this community.
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@Andrés Curcio Thanks!
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