trq212: being technical really means going deep on the right details at the right level
trq212 · x · 2026-10-15
Refining his earlier point about coding agents, trq212 argues "be technical" is imprecise: if you're technical, go deeper into the right parts of the code; if non-technical, being in the details means understanding how things work at the right level.
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