Ex-engineering manager: I now run Claude and Codex agents like I once ran dev teams
letandrewcook · x · 2026-09-12
A former CTO/engineering manager describes how he used to write elegant specs (flowcharts, OpenAPI, C4, Gherkin) and let multiple teams — even mediocre ones — implement his vision. Now he role-plays a 'Prompt Engineering Manager', directing a mediocre group of Claude and OpenAI Codex agents the same way: write the spec well, let go, and trust the executors.
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