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Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

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Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#111

I was using this and superpowers but eventually, Plan mode became enough and I prefer to steer Claude Code myself. These frameworks are great for fire-and-forget tasks, especially when there is some research involved but they burn 10x more tokens, in my experience. I was always hitting the Max plan limits for no discernable benefit in the outcomes I was getting. But this will vary a lot depending on how people prefer…

What's happening with the other 90%?

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wrappers are useful for some tasks. I use ralph loops for things that are extremely complicated and take days of work. Like reverse engineering projects or large scale migration efforts.

Even with the 1 mil context windows? Can't you just keep the orchestrator going and run sub agents? Maybe the added space is too new? I also haven't tested out the context rot from 300K and up. Would love some color on it from first hand exp.

It's not a context issue so much as a focus issue. The agent will complete part of a task and then ask if I want it to continue. Even if I told it I want it to keep going until all tasks are complete. Using a wrapper deals with that behavior.

Most projects I do take 20 minutes or less for an agent to complete and those don't need a wrapper. But for longer tasks, like hours or days, it gets distracted.

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#113
post #19

I've had a good experience with https://github.com/obra/superpowers . At first glance this looks similar. Has anyone tried both who can offer a comparison?

I've used both From my experience, gsd is a highly overengineered piece of software that unfortunately does not get shit done, burns limits and takes ages while doing so. Quick mode does not really help because it kills the point of gsd, you can't build full software on ad-hocs. I've used plain markdown planning before, but it was limiting and not very stable, superpowers looks like a good middleground

My instinct is to blame these agent frameworks as well but at some point we have to start blaming Claude or Claude Code for engaging in these endless planning loops which burn tokens with no regard. The future of these coding models will eventually need to start factoring in how to use and engage with these skills more competently (assuming that's possible and they aren't always just aimless yesmen).

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#114

I was using this and superpowers but eventually, Plan mode became enough and I prefer to steer Claude Code myself. These frameworks are great for fire-and-forget tasks, especially when there is some research involved but they burn 10x more tokens, in my experience. I was always hitting the Max plan limits for no discernable benefit in the outcomes I was getting. But this will vary a lot depending on how people prefer…

I have been using superpowers for Gryph development for a while. Love the brainstorming and exploration that it brings in. Haven’t really compared token usage but something in my bucket.

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#116
post #56

Apart from GSD and superpowers, there's another system, called PAUL [1]. It apparently requires fewer tokens compared to GSD, as it does not use subagents, but keeps all in one session. A detailed comparison with GSD is part of the repo [2]. [1] https://github.com/ChristopherKahler/paul [2] https://github.com/ChristopherKahler/paul/blob/main/PAUL-VS-...

Would love to migrate from GSD and try, if there is community around it.

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#117

I have a ai system i use. I'd like to release it so others can benefit, but at the same time it's all custom to myself and what i do, and work on. If I fork out a version for others that is public, then I have to maintain that variation as well. Is anyone in a similar situation? I think most of the ones I see released are not particularly complex compraed to my system, but at the same time I don't know how to convey…

you don't have to maintain it. Especially in the age of ai, just giving people inspiration and something to vibe from is more than sufficient and appreciated

alright. i guess i'll create a new repo, remove out a bunch of very specific pieces, and put it up.

there's a lot of patterns i think are helpful for me.

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#118

I have a ai system i use. I'd like to release it so others can benefit, but at the same time it's all custom to myself and what i do, and work on. If I fork out a version for others that is public, then I have to maintain that variation as well. Is anyone in a similar situation? I think most of the ones I see released are not particularly complex compraed to my system, but at the same time I don't know how to convey…

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Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#119
This seems like something I'd want to try but I am wholly opposed to `npx` being the sole installation mechanism. Let me install it as a plugin in Claude Code. I don't want `npx` to stomp all over my home directory / system configuration for this, or auto-find directories or anything like that.

Re: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

#120
I tried this for a week and gave up. Required far too much back and forth. Ate too many tokens, and required too much human in the loop.

For this reason I don’t think it’s actually a good name. It should be called planning-shit instead. Since that’s seemingly 80%+ of what I did while interacting with this tool. And when it came to getting things done, I didn’t need this at all, and the plans were just alright.

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