teleporting into the future and robbing yourself of retirement projects

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Geoffrey Huntley
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Geoffrey captures the manic creative energy that comes from realizing AI can help you build anything you've been putting off - something Brian would relate to given his AI integrations and side project automation. The "mild creative psychosis" observation is spot-on for builders who suddenly have superpowers, and Brian's probably felt this rush with his own AI-powered workflows.

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AI/agents/future of software work Side projects/automation/earning from skills ✅ (secondary) Engineering craft/architecture/productivity ✅ (tertiary)

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AI enables you to teleport to the future and rob your future self of retirement projects
Universally, it can be described as a mild form of creative psychosis for people who like to create things
People are either going to commit more to their current employer... or they're realising they are no longer dependent on others
knowing what not to build now that anything can be built is a very important life lesson
consumption is now the baseline for employment

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#ai-agents #side-projects #engineering-career #solopreneurship #productivity #automation #future-of-work