Johnnunemaker iconJohnnunemakerOct 1, 2026 ~1 min source read

YAGNI: Camping Chair Development

I joined Matt Swanson on YAGNI to talk about how I build software now across Fireside, Flipper, and Box Out. Then on December 14th I turned on a 20x Claude plan just to try Opus and realized nope, I just love shipping stuff and solving problems.

YAGNI: Camping Chair Development

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I joined Matt Swanson on YAGNI to talk about how I build software now across Fireside, Flipper, and Box Out.

These days I read the data models and the queries because those affect how fast things are for customers.

Then on December 14th I turned on a 20x Claude plan just to try Opus and realized nope, I just love shipping stuff and solving problems.

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I joined Matt Swanson on YAGNI to talk about how I build software now across Fireside, Flipper, and Box Out. Then on December 14th I turned on a 20x Claude plan just to try Opus and realized nope, I just love shipping stuff and solving problems. These days I read the data models and the queries because those affect how fast things are for customers.

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