Optimizing /start: The Fifteen-Step State Machine

How a 1,400-line markdown workflow got faster by doing less defensive work. Parallel fetching, conditional tasks, and inline plans for simple tickets.

March 15, 2026 at 8:21 PM · 9 min · Brad Feld

Optimizing /commit for One Million Tokens

The 1M context window turned /commit's bottleneck from context pressure to wall-clock time. Six optimizations cut 55-85 seconds from every commit.

March 15, 2026 at 3:30 AM · 8 min · Brad Feld

One Million Tokens and Four Commands to Rewrite

The 1M token context window changes what's possible with Claude Code. Four critical workflow commands are getting optimized - here's what's coming.

March 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM · 6 min · Brad Feld

Exploring /commit: How My Code Reviews Itself Before I Push

Inside /commit - the 1,170-line markdown state machine that triages reviews, dispatches parallel agents, and ships code across twelve repositories

March 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM · 14 min · Brad Feld

Exploring /start: How a Markdown File Runs My Development Workflow

Inside /start - the 1,400-line markdown state machine that manages my entire development workflow from Linear ticket to deployment

March 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM · 15 min · Brad Feld