The New Benchmark: 2000 Lines of Code a Day
For 20 years, I thought 100 new lines of code per day was normal. Ship a little, iterate a lot, and after some time you'd have a functional, well-made product. That was the standard. That was the pace.
Then AI agents entered the picture.
The Paradigm Shift
Everything changed when I could spawn several agents, iterate a long-enough plan with them, and let them do the job while I focused on the what, not the how. The mental model shifted: instead of writing code line by line, I started thinking in higher-order abstractions. What do I want to build? What should the system look like?
And then I'd ask: "Can you generate 500 lines for this module?" And they'd do it. In minutes. Not in a day.
The New Reality
When you're moving at agent-speed, 100 lines a day feels super slow. It's like walking on a highway while everyone else is driving 120 km/h.
So we set a new benchmark. The goal: 2000 lines of code per day. Not for the sake of volume — for the sake of keeping up with what agents make possible.
The Commitment
We'll do our best to get there. Some days we'll fall short. Some days we'll exceed. But the bar has moved, and we're going after it.
This is the new normal. Adapt or get left behind.