Velocity Reflection¶
February 6, 2026 · LinkedIn
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The last three weeks have been strange. Different. Hard to articulate.
So I decided to write an essay about it—trying to understand what's actually happening.
Something shifted. Problems that used to feel out of reach? Suddenly solvable. Ideas that lived in the backlog for years? Actually implementable now. The constraints that used to limit how fast I could build things—team coordination, execution capacity—just... changed.
And my brain responded. It runs differently now. Because everything is implementable, the mental simulations don't stop where they used to. Ideas cascade. Context switching becomes the bottleneck instead of execution.
It's exhilarating. I'm a builder—always have been. Getting to build way more things, way more often? That's the dream.
But it's also intense. The analytical mode is harder to switch off. The velocity is real, and so is the learning curve for navigating it.
Writing helped me see both sides clearly. The capability feels incredible. The adjustment is real.
Still figuring it out.
Anyone else noticing this shift in how development works?
Discussion¶
I couldn't help but see myself reflected in your story, thinking about what I've been through these last few months.: I couldn't help but see myself reflected in your story, thinking about what I've been through these last few months.
Totto ↩: I appreciate you sharing that - it helps to know others are experiencing this too. The last few months have been this strange mix of exhilarating and intense for me. The capability feels incredible, but the adjustment is real.
What's been your experience these last few months? Are you navigating the capability side, the adjustment side, or both?
Will be cool to hear your reflections, I feel exactly the same, where past boundaries are not applicable anymore, what are the new boundaries and how to overcome them.: Will be cool to hear your reflections, I feel exactly the same, where past boundaries are not applicable anymore, what are the new boundaries and how to overcome them.
Totto ↩: Davlet Dzhakishev we'll have a coffee at Makerspace on Monday, right? :)
This resonates 100% with my own experience. We are living in transformational times indeed. When unlimited output is here, creativity is more important than ever before. How can we reimagine experiences that software can deliver to not just deliver the same faster but deliver something entirely new...: This resonates 100% with my own experience. We are living in transformational times indeed. When unlimited output is here, creativity is more important than ever before. How can we reimagine experiences that software can deliver to not just deliver the same faster but deliver something entirely new...
Totto ↩: Absolutely, Espen Sletteng-Fagerli. The creativity shift is real - it's moved from 'what can I build with these constraints' to 'what should I build now that constraints are different.' Different kind of creative challenge.
I'm starting to think the constraint isn't generating ideas or executing them... it's our capacity to absorb, evaluate, and decide what to do with everything that's sudde...
Thanks for sharing : Thanks for sharing Thor Henning Hetland! I see so many writing negative about AI and still putting it off. Most of them don't have the true experience with the capabilities and people judge based upon what existed few months ago, not what exists today. It's a time were we can create insane amount of value, what comes next is very hard to predict. Backlogs (GitHub Issues) used to be a drag, you ...
Totto ↩: You are quite right. I've synthesised a kind of 6 pillar "method" in how to get to >>10x solving hard tasks with production quality... And reflecting on this, we are heading into a reality we're absolutely not prepared for...