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Time Record 3 MIN READ MAR 12, 2026

Leverage Record: March 12, 2026

Thirty tasks across seven projects. Infrastructure provisioning, multi-platform feature development, a complete site template redesign, PDF parsing improvements, MCP server conversions, and a full SEO overhaul. The tfad…

Thirty tasks across seven projects. Infrastructure provisioning, multi-platform feature development, a complete site template redesign, PDF parsing improvements, MCP server conversions, and a full SEO overhaul. The tfadm MCP server conversion hit 133x, the highest single-task leverage factor I have recorded.

About These Records
These time records capture personal project work done with Claude Code (Anthropic) only. They do not include work done with ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Grok (xAI), or other models, all of which I use extensively. Client work is also excluded, despite being primarily Claude Code. The actual total AI-assisted output for any given day is substantially higher than what appears here.

Task Log

#TaskHuman Est.ClaudeWeeksFactorSup. Factor
1Convert infrastructure management tool to MCP server (19 tools, 2 resources, 3 prompts)40h18m1.0w133.3x480.0x
2Consolidate compute architecture and write 10 serverless handlers with design documentation24h25m0.60w57.6x288.0x
3Implement ELO-based scoring level system across shared UI library and 3 client applications24h25m0.60w57.6x180.0x
4Build decision fatigue compensation model with service layer, schemas, router, and 8 MCP tools16h18m0.40w53.3x192.0x
5Multi-platform mastery tracking view across 3 client applications with shared UI patterns12h15m0.30w48.0x240.0x
6PDF parser: multi-column detection, font metrics, italic handling, skill category merging20h25m0.50w48.0x240.0x
7Certification-to-domain mapper with 80+ static patterns across 10 providers and 42 tests12h15m0.30w48.0x240.0x
8Modern site template design: 20+ template files with 900-line SCSS, dark mode, scroll animations16h22m0.40w43.6x192.0x
9Multi-platform enrollment abandonment with confirmation modals across 3 clients6h10m0.15w36.0x120.0x
10Feature view implementation for iOS (7 files: persistence, phase, state, view, routing, dashboard)4h8m0.10w30.0x80.0x
11Feature view implementation for web with full page component and indicator4h8m0.10w30.0x80.0x
12Feature view implementation for desktop (6 files with module CSS and wiring)4h8m0.10w30.0x80.0x
13Mastery tracking screen for desktop (new screen, CSS, routing)6h12m0.15w30.0x120.0x
14Mastery tracking page for web (persistence, component, CSS, wiring)6h12m0.15w30.0x72.0x
15iOS onboarding flow with file upload and branching path selection4h8m0.10w30.0x80.0x
16Research and compile hands-on labs master list across 13 certification exams16h35m0.40w27.4x192.0x
17Full SEO overhaul: OG tags, Twitter Cards, JSON-LD, canonical URLs, sitemap, RSS auto-discovery8h20m0.20w24.0x96.0x
18Container orchestration configs for 2 services (16 files: task defs, security groups, load balancer rules, DNS, IAM)6h15m0.15w24.0x120.0x
19Infrastructure stack with 8 configurations, target, version, and deployment for workloads API6h15m0.15w24.0x120.0x
20Analyze existing infrastructure-as-code and map to new configuration system with gap analysis4h10m0.10w24.0x120.0x
21Desktop onboarding flow: file upload and review with branching path selection3h8m0.075w22.5x60.0x
22Update backend MCP server to streaming HTTP transport with retry logic1.5h4m0.037w22.5x30.0x
23Write comprehensive system documentation with data schemas, fatigue model, and query reference3h8m0.075w22.5x90.0x
24Enrollment abandonment feature for iOS (auth client, state management, dashboard)1.5h4m0.037w22.5x30.0x
25Mastery tracking view for iOS (7 files: persistence, phase, state, view, routing)4h12m0.10w20.0x48.0x
26Enrollment abandonment feature for web application2h6m0.050w20.0x40.0x
27Fix 24 test failures across 3 service test suites with test infrastructure repairs4h12m0.10w20.0x120.0x
28Onboarding flow with file upload and path selection across 3 clients8h25m0.20w19.2x96.0x
29Enrollment abandonment feature for desktop across 6 files1.5h5m0.037w18.0x30.0x
30Convert 3 MCP servers from stdio to streaming HTTP transport with connection pooling4h18m0.10w13.3x48.0x

Aggregate Stats

MetricValue
Total tasks30
Human-equivalent hours270h (33.8 working days)
Claude wall-clock time426m (7.1h)
Supervisory time114m (1.9h)
Tokens consumed~2,443,000
Weighted avg leverage factor38.0x
Weighted avg supervisory factor142.1x

Analysis

The tfadm MCP server conversion stands out at 133.3x. That task involved wrapping an existing infrastructure management tool with 19 MCP tools, 2 resources, and 3 prompts. The high leverage came from the mechanical nature of the work: each tool followed the same pattern, and the AI could stamp them out without much variation. A human would have spent the better part of a week on the boilerplate alone.

Multi-platform feature rollouts continued to drive volume. Three separate features (release notes view, mastery tracking, enrollment abandonment) each got deployed across iOS, web, and desktop clients. The per-platform leverage ranged from 18x to 30x, but the aggregate tasks (all 3 clients at once) hit 36x to 48x because the AI could carry context across platforms and adapt patterns without re-learning the architecture.

Infrastructure work clustered around 24x: container orchestration configs, infrastructure-as-code analysis, and stack provisioning. These tasks involve a lot of cross-referencing documentation and generating repetitive configuration files. Lower leverage than pure code generation, but still significant given the precision required.

The lowest factor was 13.3x for the MCP transport conversion. That task required understanding three different server implementations and their connection models, then making architectural decisions about retry logic and connection pooling. More thinking, less typing.

The modern template redesign at 43.6x was notable: 20+ Jinja template files plus a 900-line SCSS stylesheet with full dark mode support and scroll animations, produced in 22 minutes. A front-end developer would spend two full days on that.