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A light day. Six tasks, mostly cross-platform feature syncing and domain specification writing. The last day of spring break, wrapping up loose ends before heading home.
Task Log
| # | Task | Human Est. | Claude | Sup. | Factor | Sup. Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross-platform sync: electron endpoints + study plan polish + iOS dashboard + daily rings + 6 coding domain specs | 40h | 30m | 5m | 80.0x | 480.0x |
| 2 | Create 6 coding domain specs (Python, JS/TS, DSA, SQL, Git, Linux) + update domain catalog | 16h | 15m | 5m | 64.0x | 192.0x |
| 3 | Sync engine endpoints + study plan polish from web to electron | 16h | 25m | 5m | 38.4x | 192.0x |
| 4 | iOS dashboard 3-section redesign + daily rings persistence | 6h | 15m | 3m | 24.0x | 120.0x |
| 5 | Create image generation prompts for 16 characters + 2 locations + 3 book covers | 3h | 8m | 3m | 22.5x | 60.0x |
| 6 | Create novel landing site spec + company cross-references + spoiler stripping | 4h | 12m | 5m | 20.0x | 48.0x |
Aggregate Stats
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total tasks | 6 |
| Human-equivalent hours | 85h (10.6 working days) |
| Claude wall-clock time | 105m (1.8h) |
| Supervisory time | 26m |
| Tokens consumed | ~867,500 |
| Weighted avg leverage factor | 48.6x |
| Weighted avg supervisory factor | 196.2x |
Analysis
The cross-platform sync task at 80x carried most of the weight. Porting features from the web client to electron and iOS, writing 6 coding domain specs, and wiring up daily activity rings across all three platforms in a single 30-minute session. A developer would spend a full work week on that scope.
The novel-related tasks were pre-production work: generating detailed image prompts for character illustrations and book covers, and writing the specification for the novel's landing site with cross-references to the fictional company websites. Lower leverage (20-22x) because these are creative specification tasks that require more judgment than mechanical output.
This is the 25th day of leverage tracking. Twenty-six minutes of supervisory effort produced ten and a half days of engineering output on a wind-down day.
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