I'm Scott Drake. I write software and teach leadership, but what I really do is study complex things and turn those insights into systems anyone can use. This site is where I share past and current work.

A custom software project that cost $500,000 two years ago can be done for $100,000 today by a small team using AI.

The bad: Product companies with 100-person teams will likely scale down to 30, unless they have a deep backlog they want to work through.

The good: A whole set of projects that w...

Last week I posted about the mental and physical toll of AI-intensive coding sessions.

• Running three+ terminals at once
• Twelve-hour days that feel productive until they don't
• The disappearing gaps where your brain used to recover

I started calling it AI exhaustion. Turns out there's...

Last week, I could feel myself breaking down mentally and physically from AI coding sessions.

With Claude Code, I regularly run 3+ sessions at a time. When I finish giving instructions to one, another is waiting. The gaps between tasks where I'd normally get a mental and physical break don't exist...