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Building in Public
with Claude Code

180 sessions. 256 commits. Dec 31 – Feb 24. Real insights from using an AI coding assistant as a full-stack engineering partner. Generated from /insights.

180sessions
3084messages
974hours
256commits
5projects

Featured Essays

## Essay/5 min read

Blueprint for an AI-Driven Software Factory

What happens when you stop thinking of AI as a coding assistant and start thinking of it as a production line

No human-written code24/7 autonomous operationSpecification engineering
<> Essay/5 min read

What Will My Kids Do for Work?

I have three boys entering the workforce in the next 3-10 years. The honest answer is I have no idea what's waiting for them.

Knowledge work disruptionDeep over broadBuild your own thing
>_ Workflow/5 min read

What It's Actually Like to Use Claude Code for Everything

180 sessions, 256 commits, 974 hours — an honest account of treating AI as an engineering partner

180Sessions
256Commits
974Hours
Key Takeaway: The speed of the feedback loop is everything. Reduce the time between 'that's wrong' and 'now it's right.'

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>> Wins/3 min read

The Workflows That Actually Work

Concrete patterns for shipping features, fixing bugs, and running code reviews with Claude Code

End-to-End Feature Lifecycle MasteryParallel Sub-Agent Architecture AuditsRapid Bug-Fix-to-PR Pipeline
!! Lessons/4 min read

Where Things Go Wrong

An honest friction log from 180 sessions — buggy code, planning paralysis, and deployment gotchas

Buggy Code Shipped Without Adequate VerificationExcessive Planning and Exploration Without Producing OutputGit and Deployment Workflow Missteps
// Tips/7 min read

Claude Code Power User Guide

Battle-tested prompts, CLAUDE.md rules, and workflow tricks from 180 sessions

Custom SkillsHooksTask Agents
** Story/3 min read

The Best Story From 974+ Hours of AI Coding

Claude spent an entire session reading files and planning a Remotion animated video... then got interrupted before writing a single line of code

180 sessions analyzed974+ hoursReal patterns
:: Future/6 min read

Where AI Coding Is Actually Heading

Parallel agents, self-healing deploys, and autonomous development pipelines — based on patterns already working

Parallel Sub-Agent Architecture Audits and FixesSelf-Healing Deploy Pipeline with RollbackFull Feature Lifecycle in One Prompt
[] Projects/4 min read

5 Projects, 180 Sessions: What I Built

From SaaS platforms to infrastructure to marketing sites — what Claude handles well and where it struggles

the (85)MCP (35)Stripe (15)

Built by Matt Hartman

Director of Intelligent Systems at Monti, Inc. 20+ years in enterprise architecture, IoT platforms, and product leadership. Previously at P&G and the University of Cincinnati.