Social Posts: The Leverage Factor, Part 2: Defending the Numbers
Article URL: https://charlessieg.com/articles/leverage-factor-defending-the-numbers.html
My first article on AI leverage factors generated more DMs than anything I've published. The most common question: "How are those numbers real?" Turns out they were understated.
I wrote Part 2. I take specific time records, break them apart task by task, and show the engineering detail behind the human estimates. I also cover what makes these numbers possible: the tooling, the workflow, the project setup, and the daily practice that lets me consistently hit high leverage factors.
And how the leverage was actually understated...by a lot.
Key points:
- A 45x leverage factor on a full stack app means 16 human-hours of work done in 18 Claude minutes. I walk through every subtask.
- The human estimates assume a senior engineer already familiar with the codebase. Not a junior. Not someone ramping up.
- Most of these projects would never have been started without AI. Leverage measures expanded capability, not compressed schedules.
- I publish daily time records with sanitized descriptions. The dataset is open.
The methodology is transparent. Read it and decide for yourself.
https://charlessieg.com/articles/leverage-factor-defending-the-numbers.html
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Published Part 2 of the Leverage Factor series. The most common response to Part 1: "How are those numbers real?"
This one breaks apart specific time records task by task, shows the math behind every human estimate, and covers the workflow that makes those numbers repeatable.
45x leverage on a full-stack app. And the original numbers were understated.
https://charlessieg.com/articles/leverage-factor-defending-the-numbers.html