Shipping Faster With AI: My 60% Productivity Playbook

Measuring honestly, agentic workflows cut my delivery time by roughly 60% on feature work. But the number comes from process, not the tool. The loop is: spec tightly, delegate the mechanical parts, review every diff, and verify with tests.

I front-load thinking. A clear plan with explicit contracts and acceptance criteria turns an AI from a guesser into an executor. Vague intent produces vague output; precise intent produces shippable code.

The last 40% — judgment, architecture, and edge cases — is still mine, and that's the point. AI handles the volume so I can spend my attention where it actually matters.