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An engineer at a large company reports Claude Code generates all specs, code, and tests, forcing 12-hour days with no human review.
Simon Willison quotes voxium, an engineer half a month into a role at a large company where all specs, code, tests, PRDs, and tickets are produced by Claude Code. The team reportedly dislikes this, with management claiming code pushes are not a bottleneck. Engineers from L1 to L7 are said to work 12-13 hour days largely prompting the model, with nobody reading the generated artifacts.
- Engineer says all specs, code, tests, and PRDs at a large company are generated by Claude Code.
- Management reportedly insists pushing code is not a bottleneck despite perceived slowness.
- Engineers from L1 to L7 work 12-13 hour days mostly prompting the model.
- Team dislikes the workflow; nobody reviews the AI-generated output.
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It has been half a month since I started a new role at a big company. Nobody knows anything here. The specs, code, tests, PRDs, tickets, resolution of those tickets, reports, etc.
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