I have been in software development for 30 years and I consider myself a senior developer, AKA focus on architecture, direct the llm to do small, controlled steps, yadda yadda yadda.
AI development (
CC or whatever
) is definitely helping me with speed. I have a very structured approach and I use multiple git worktrees at the same time to tackle different challenges in parallel at the same time. While speed is definitely improved, I noticed that the
mental load
, burnout and exhaustion is also on the rise.
Three to six worktrees working at the same time
Attention shifting constantly from one to another
Testing one while the others are either working or waiting for me to test
committing, pushing, merging constantly
Aligning issues in the task management tool to development
All at the same time…
This is taking a toll on my
mental sanity
so much so that I am trying to limit the number of parallel execution so that I can balance speed with self-preservation.
Are you facing the same issues? Did you find any way to protect yourself while speeding up your process?
Curious to see how you deal with mental overload
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/u/nicoracarlo
Originally posted by u/nicoracarlo on r/ClaudeCode