Stacking the Deck
I've been playing around with Claude Code a lot lately. I think I've mentioned it elsewhere, but it's impressive. Not as impressive as those claiming it'll supplant software engineers and "make human language the new programming language," but impressive nonetheless. I'll address some of the concerns in an upcoming post, but today I want to talk about finding a stack and getting into a productivity groove. A stack, in this case, is simply a grouping of tools that you're using to produce, well, anything. For the most part, in my guitar world, it's my telecaster or acoustic electric, my modeling amp, my microphone for vocal recording, and my 8-track recorder for everything else. There are several other components I could add (and I have), like a drum pedal, a drum machine, actual drums, etc. But that adds complexity to the stack, and you need to weigh the trade-offs of what a new component gives you vs. the learning curve and management of the...
