Ask HN: Anyone here working harder than they ever have before?

by sergiotapiaon 2/20/2026, 3:42 PMwith 1 comments

It seems like AI rather than letting us build things more easily, it's just pegging our brain CPU at 100%.

More things shipping, more things in our brains context, more systems integrating, at faster speeds.

I don't see any more "cool down" periods that we used to see just 2 years ago where after you shipped something big there was a week of observation and taking care of tiny tickets/bugs.

It's all very exciting and fun. I'm having the time of my life. But I do notice I'm working harder than I ever have in my life. 15 years writing code fwiw.

Is this your experience?

by r721on 2/21/2026, 3:57 AM

Related recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46945755