defyonce

I've been coding in Claude Code recently, and having to wait for it to compute kills all focus and attention. I have to switch constantly, and it makes me tired pretty soon.

I think, if that thing could respond instantly, like my Emacs for its commands, then it would be a supercharged mega boost for productivity.

If it could work with the same speed as a shell, then it would be really awesome!

What do you think?

If I am not mistaken, this is the first time when the amount of applicants is significantly larger than the amount of jobs available on HN.

For as long as I remember, the usual ratio was ~2.5 for 2.5 hiring, was one comment in wants to be hired;

Now, the ratio is 0.76. The question is how long this trend continues downwards.

I am doing backend web work and I am insanely bored. I am trying to focus on my tasks but I just can't.

I am trying hard, but I just can't.

The problem is that I see this as a fundamental waste of time.

I mean, I get to eat something and I have roof over my head and I am grateful for this.

The big question is what I am passionate about. I would really really love to work on longevity research, on hard problems.

But I am not even sure about this, I would love to be challenged. I would love to do things that are hard.

I mean, there is no point in all of this, at the very least I could shoot for the stars for the time that I have left on this cursed planet.

I've been sort of doing this backend stuff for 12 years already I don't want to die doing only this, you know.

So I am asking a general question, what would you do in my place.

Thank you,

with all the love in the world, Em

UPD: as always fix typos