Reading Opus's perf-analysis transcripts is great entertainment and learning
lucasmeijer · x · 2026-10-20
Lucas Meijer describes wrapping up his AI-driven rewrite with only modest guidance, letting the model chase performance gains and more idiomatic Jai usage. Reading the Opus transcripts was "great entertainment" — you can learn a lot just by watching it do performance analysis, improvements, and verification. The takeaway: agent transcripts aren't just output, they're watchable pair-programming material worth studying.
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