https://blog.congestedelectron.eu/tags/black-pill/ Recent content in Black Pill on Congested Electron Hugo en-us Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:08:45 +0200 https://blog.congestedelectron.eu/blogs/coding_flow/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:08:45 +0200 https://blog.congestedelectron.eu/blogs/coding_flow/ <h2 id="mental-state">Mental State</h2> <p>In one of the Next Token podcast episodes Dylan talks about the current developer <a href="https://open.spotify.com/podcast-chapter/0344ZMBeYFdVbRC3tHmZ8g?si=489f4d662d34437d">mental state</a>. Dylan talks about how his tweet on this topic was popular on X (I am not on X, so came to know from the podcast about the tweet). It resonated with me as well. With agentic coding it is hard to hit flow state, there is a lack of purpose in the day-to-day agentic prompting. It makes me uncertain about the future, which leads to anxiety, and a very confused state.</p>