The Real AI Productivity Boost Came From Workflow, Not Chasing New Models
Meris-Dabhi · reddit · 2026-07-25
A builder says the biggest productivity gain came not from chasing new models, but from identifying the work they do manually every day and automating that. They also found that turning a great Claude conversation into a reusable skill saved more time than model upgrades, and that focusing on workflow beat spending $380 testing OpenClaw and Hermes while getting better results from a $20 Claude plan.
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