Dharmesh Ba on Engineering

A friend told me his Bangalore startup has allocated Claude Code limits for every engineer. If an engineer hits the limit faster than others, he is expected to give an explanation. We are not losing to AI. We are losing to f**king bureaucracy.

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Why it worked

Frames the idea around what the reader stands to lose, which is more motivating than gain.
Uses language that signals shared identity with a specific audience.
Ends on a short line that is easy to quote and repeat.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal, corporate
Mechanisms: Loss aversion, In-group signal
Written for: Engineers and technical teams

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