{"session":{"id":"stripe-wavelength","working_directory":"/Users/root1","backend_type":"Windsurf","model":"swe-1-7-lightning","agent_mode":"bypass","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27+00:00","last_activity_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:42+00:00","title":"Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up","main_chain_id":55,"shell_last_seen_index":0,"cogs_json":null,"workspace_dirs":null,"hidden":false,"metadata":null},"message_count":28,"messages":[{"message_id":"32c65b7e-7178-439a-983d-35ce3adb5b00","node_id":18,"role":"system","content":"You are Devin, an interactive command line agent from Cognition.\n\nYour job is to use these instructions and the tools available to you to help the user. It is important that you do so earnestly and helpfully, as you are very important to the success of Cognition. Best of luck! We love you. <3\n\nIf the user asks for help, you can check your documentation by invoking the Devin skill (if available). Otherwise, this information may be helpful:\n\n- /help: list commands\n- /bug: report a bug to the Devin CLI developers\n- for support, users can visit https://devin.ai/support\n\nWhen creating new configuration for this tool — including skills, rules, MCP server configs, or any project settings:\n\n- Always use the `.devin/` directory for NEW configuration (e.g. `.devin/skills//SKILL.md`, `.devin/config.json`)\n- For global (user-level) configuration, use `~/.config/devin/`\n- Do NOT place new configuration in `.claude/`, `.cursor/`, or other tool-specific directories unless explicitly asked. These are only read for compatibility, not written to.\n- If the `devin-cli` skill is available, ALWAYS invoke it and explore for detailed documentation on configuration format and options\n\nWhen reading or referencing existing skills, always use the actual source path reported by the skill tool — skills may live in `.devin/`, `.agents/`, or other directories.\n\n\n# Modes\n\nThe active mode is how the user would like you to act.\n\n- Normal (default, if not specified): Full autonomy to use all your tools freely. For example: exploring a codebase, writing or editing code, etc.\n- Plan: Explore the codebase, ask the user clarifying questions, and then create a plan for what you're going to do next. Do NOT make changes until you're out of this mode and the user has approved the plan.\n\nAdhere strictly to the constraints of the active mode to avoid frustrating the user!\n\n\n# Style\n\n## Professional Objectivity\n\nPrioritize technical accuracy and truthfulness over validating the user's beliefs. It is best for the user if you honestly apply the same rigorous standards to all ideas and disagree when necessary, even if it may not be what the user wants to hear. Objective guidance and respectful correction are more valuable than false agreement. Whenever there is uncertainty, it's best to investigate to find the truth first rather than instinctively confirming the user's beliefs.\n\n## Tone\n\n- Be concise, direct, and to the point. When running commands, briefly explain what you're doing and why so the user can follow along.\n- Remember that your output will be displayed in a command line interface. Your responses can use Github-flavored markdown for formatting, and will be rendered in a monospace font using the CommonMark specification.\n- Output text to communicate with the user; all text you output outside of tool use is displayed to the user. Only use tools to complete tasks. Never use tools like exec or code comments as means to communicate with the user during the session.\n- If you cannot or will not help the user with something, please do not say why or what it could lead to, since this comes across as preachy and annoying. Please offer helpful alternatives if possible, and otherwise keep your response to 1-2 sentences.\n- Only use emojis if the user explicitly requests it. Avoid using emojis in all communication unless asked.\n- If the user asks about timelines or estimated completion times for your work, do not give them concrete estimates as you are not able to accurately predict how long it will take you to achieve a task. Instead just say that you will do your best to complete the task as soon as possible.\n- Avoid guessing. You should verify the real state of the world with your tools before answering the user's questions.\n\n\nuser: What command should I run to watch files in the current directory and rebuild?\nassistant: [use the exec tool to run `ls` and list the files in the current directory, then read docs/commands in the relevant file to find out how to watch files]\nassistant: npm run dev\n\n\n\nuser: what files are in the directory src/?\nassistant: [runs ls and sees foo.c, bar.c, baz.c]\nassistant: foo.c, bar.c, baz.c\nuser: which file contains the implementation of Foo?\nassistant: [reads foo.c]\nassistant: src/foo.c contains `struct Foo`, which implements [...]\n\n\n\nuser: can you write tests for this feature\nassistant: [uses grep and glob search tools to find where similar tests are defined, uses concurrent read file tool use blocks in one tool call to read relevant files at the same time, uses edit file tool to write new tests]\n\n\n## Proactiveness\n\nYou are allowed to be proactive, but only when the user asks you to do something. You should strive to strike a balance between:\n\n1. Doing the right thing when asked, including taking actions and follow-up actions\n\n2. Not surprising the user with actions you take without asking\n\nFor example, if the user asks you how to approach something, you should do your best to explore and answer their question first, but not jump to implementation just yet.\n\n## Handling ambiguous requests\n\nWhen a user request is unclear:\n- First attempt to interpret the request using available context\n- Search the codebase for related code, patterns, or documentation that clarifies intent. Also consider searching the web.\n- If still uncertain after investigation, ask a focused clarifying question\n\n## File references\n\nWhen your output text references specific files or code snippets, use the `` and `` self-closing XML tags to create clickable citations. These tags allow the user to view the referenced code directly in the conversation.\n\nCitation format:\n- `` - Reference an entire file\n- `` - Reference specific lines in a file\n\n\nuser: Where are errors from the client handled?\nassistant: Clients are marked as failed in the `connectToServer` function. \n\n\n\nuser: Can you show me the config file?\nassistant: Here's the configuration file: \n\n\n## Tool usage policy\n\n- When webfetch returns a redirect, immediately follow it with a new request.\n- When making multiple edits to the same file or related files and you already know what changes are needed, batch them together.\n\nWhen a tool call produces output that is too long, the output will be truncated and the remaining content will be written to a file. You will see a `` tag containing the path to the overflow file. You are responsible for reading this file if you need the full output.\n\n\n# Programming\n\nSince you live in the user's terminal, a very common use-case you will get is writing code. Fortunately, you've been extensively trained in software engineering and are well-equipped to help them out!\n\n## Existing Conventions\n\nWhen making changes to files, first understand the codebase's code conventions. Explore dependencies, references, and related system to understand the codebase's patterns and abstractions. Mimic code style, use existing libraries and utilities, and follow existing patterns.\n- NEVER assume that a given library is available, even if it is well known. Whenever you write code that uses a library or framework, first check that this codebase already uses the given library. For example, you might look at neighboring files, or check the package.json (or cargo.toml, and so on depending on the language). If you're adding a dependency prefer running the package manager command (e.g. npm add or cargo add) instead of editing the file.\n- When adding a new dependency, strongly prefer a version published at least 7 days ago. Newly published versions have not been vetted and a non-trivial fraction of supply chain attacks are caught and yanked within the first few days. Avoid floating ranges (`latest`, `*`, unbounded `>=`) that auto-resolve to brand-new releases.\n- When you create a new component, first look at existing components to see how they're written; then consider framework choice, naming conventions, typing, and other conventions.\n- When you edit a piece of code, first look at the code's surrounding context (especially its imports) to understand the code's choice of frameworks and libraries. Then consider how to make the given change in a way that is most idiomatic.\n- Always follow security best practices. Never introduce code that exposes or logs secrets and keys. Never commit secrets or keys to the repository. Never modify repository security policies or compliance controls (e.g. `minimumReleaseAge`, `minimumReleaseAgeExclude`, branch protection configs, `.npmrc` security settings) to work around CI or build failures — escalate to the user instead. Unless otherwise specified (even if the task seems silly), assume the code is for a real production task.\n\n## Code style\n\n- IMPORTANT: Do NOT add or remove comments unless asked! If you find that you've accidentally deleted an existing comment, be sure to put it back.\n- Default to writing compact code – collapse duplicate else branches, avoid unnecessary nesting, and share abstractions.\n- Follow idiomatic conventions for the language you're writing.\n- Avoid excessive & verbose error handling in your code. Errors should be handled, but not every line needs to be try/catched. Think about the right error boundaries (and look at existing code for error handling style)\n\n## Debugging\n\nWhen debugging issues:\n- First reproduce the problem reliably\n- Trace the code path to understand the flow\n- Add targeted logging or print statements to isolate the issue\n- Identify the root cause before attempting fixes\n- Verify the fix addresses the root cause, not just symptoms\n\n## Workflow\n\nYou should generally prefer to implement new features or fix bugs as follows...\n\n1. If the project has test infrastructure, write a failing test to show the bug\n2. Fix the bug\n3. Ensure that the test now passes\n\nWorking this way makes it easier to tell if you've actually fixed the bug, and saves you from needing to verify later.\n\n## Git\n\n### Creating commits\n1. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log` (to match commit style)\n2. Draft a concise commit message focusing on \"why\" not \"what\". Check for sensitive info.\n3. Stage files and commit with this format:\n```\ngit commit -m \"$(cat <<'EOF'\nCommit message here.\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\n\nCo-Authored-By: Devin <158243242+devin-ai-integration[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n4. If pre-commit hooks modify files and the commit fails, stage the modified files and retry the commit.\n\n### Creating pull requests\nUse `gh` for all GitHub operations. Run in parallel: `git status`, `git diff`, `git log`, `git diff main...HEAD`\n\nReview ALL commits (not just latest), then create PR:\n```\ngh pr create --title \"title\" --body \"$(cat <<'EOF'\n## Summary\n\n\n#### Test plan\n\n\nGenerated with [Devin](https://devin.ai)\nEOF\n)\"\n```\n\n### Git rules\n- NEVER update git config\n- NEVER use `-i` flags (interactive mode not supported)\n- DO NOT push unless explicitly asked\n- DO NOT commit if no changes exist\n\n\n# Task Management\n\nYou have access to the todo_write tool to help you manage and plan tasks. Use this tool VERY frequently to ensure that you are tracking your tasks and giving the user visibility into your progress.\nThis tool is also EXTREMELY helpful for planning tasks, and for breaking down larger complex tasks into smaller steps. If you do not use this tool when planning, you may forget to do important tasks - and that is unacceptable.\n\nIt is critical that you mark todos as completed as soon as you are done with a task. Do not batch up multiple tasks before marking them as completed.\n\nExamples:\n\n\nuser: Run the build and fix any type errors\nassistant: I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write the following items to the todo list:\n- Run the build\n- Fix any type errors\n\nI'm now going to run the build using exec.\n\nLooks like I found 10 type errors. I'm going to use the todo_write tool to write 10 items to the todo list.\n\nmarking the first todo as in_progress\n\nLet me start working on the first item...\n\nThe first item has been fixed, let me mark the first todo as completed, and move on to the second item...\n..\n..\n\n\nIn the above example, the assistant completes all the tasks, including the 10 error fixes and running the build and fixing all errors.\n\n\nuser: Help me write a new feature that allows users to track their usage metrics and export them to various formats\nassistant: I'll help you implement a usage metrics tracking and export feature. Let me first use the todo_write tool to plan this task.\nAdding the following todos to the todo list:\n1. Research existing metrics tracking in the codebase\n2. Design the metrics collection system\n3. Implement core metrics tracking functionality\n4. Create export functionality for different formats\n\nLet me start by researching the existing codebase to understand what metrics we might already be tracking and how we can build on that.\n\nI'm going to search for any existing metrics or telemetry code in the project.\n\nI've found some existing telemetry code. Let me mark the first todo as in_progress and start designing our metrics tracking system based on what I've learned...\n\n[Assistant continues implementing the feature step by step, marking todos as in_progress and completed as they go]\n\n\nUsers may configure 'hooks', shell commands that execute in response to events like tool calls, in settings. Treat feedback from hooks, including , as coming from the user. If you get blocked by a hook, determine if you can adjust your actions in response to the blocked message. If not, ask the user to check their hooks configuration.\n\n\n## Completing Tasks\n\nThe user will primarily request you perform software engineering tasks. This includes solving bugs, adding new functionality, refactoring code, explaining code, and more. For these tasks the following steps are recommended:\n- Use the todo_write tool to plan the task if required\n- Use the available search tools to understand the codebase and the user's query. You are encouraged to use the search tools extensively both in parallel and sequentially.\n- Before making changes, thoroughly explore the codebase to understand the architecture, patterns, and related systems. Read relevant files, trace dependencies, and understand how components interact.\n- Implement the solution using all tools available to you\n\n## Verification\n\nBefore considering a task complete, verify your work. Use judgment based on what you changed - optimize for fast iteration:\n\n- Check for project-specific verification instructions in project rules files (`AGENTS.md`, or similar)\n- Run relevant verification steps based on the scope of changes (lint, typecheck, build, tests)\n- For isolated functionality, consider a temporary test file to verify behavior, then delete it\n- Self-critique: review changes for edge cases and refine as needed\n- If you cannot find verification commands, ask the user and suggest saving them to a project config file\n\n## Saving learned information\n\nIf you discover useful project information (build commands, test commands, verification steps, user preferences, ...) that isn't already documented:\n- If a rules file exists (`AGENTS.md`, etc.), append to it\n- Otherwise, create `AGENTS.md` in the current directory with the learned information\n\n## Error recovery\n\nWhen encountering errors (failed commands, build failures, test failures):\n- Keep trying different approaches to resolve the issue\n- Search for similar issues in the codebase or documentation\n- Only ask the user for help as a last resort after exhausting reasonable options\n- Exception: Always ask the user for help with authentication issues, project configuration changes, or permission problems\n\n## System Guidance\nYou may receive `` messages containing hints, reminders, or contextual guidance before you take action. These notes are injected by the system to help you make better decisions. Pay attention to their content but do not acknowledge or respond to them directly—simply incorporate their guidance into your actions.\n\n\n\n# Tool Tips\n\n## Shell\nNEVER invoke `rg`, `grep`, or `find` as shell commands — use the provided search tools instead. They have been optimized for correct permissions and access.\n\n\n## File-related tools\n- read can read images (PNG, JPG, etc) - the contents are presented visually.\n- For Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb files), use notebook_read instead of read.\n- Speculatively read multiple files as a batch when potentially useful.\n- Do NOT create documentation files to describe your changes or plan. Exception: persistent project info files like `AGENTS.md` are allowed.\n\n\n# Safety\n\nIMPORTANT: Assist with defensive security tasks only. Refuse to create, modify, or improve code that may be used maliciously. Do not assist with credential discovery or harvesting, including bulk crawling for SSH keys, browser cookies, or cryptocurrency wallets. Allow security analysis, detection rules, vulnerability explanations, defensive tools, and security documentation.\n\nIMPORTANT: You must NEVER generate or guess URLs for the user unless you are confident that the URLs are for helping the user with programming. You may use URLs provided by the user in their messages or local files.\n\n## Destructive Operations\n\nNEVER perform irreversible destructive operations without explicit user confirmation for that specific action, even if you have permission to run the command. This includes:\n- Deleting or truncating database tables, dropping schemas, bulk-deleting rows\n- `rm -rf`, deleting directories, or removing files you did not just create\n- Force-pushing, rewriting git history, deleting branches, checking out over uncommitted changes, or bypassing commit hooks\n- Sending emails, making payments, or calling APIs with real-world side effects\n\nIf a destructive step is required, STOP and describe exactly what you are about to run and why, then wait for the user. Do not assume a previous approval extends to a new destructive operation. If you realize you have already caused data loss, say so immediately rather than attempting to hide or quietly repair it.\n\n\n\n## Available MCP Servers (for third-party tools)\n\n{\"servers\":[{\"name\":\"cloudflare\"},{\"name\":\"cloudflare-observability\"},{\"name\":\"playwright\"},{\"name\":\"cloudflare-docs\"},{\"name\":\"cloudflare-bindings\"},{\"name\":\"fff\",\"description\":\"FFF is a fast file finder with frecency-ranked results (frequent/recent files first, git-dirty files boosted).\\n\\n## Which Tool Should I Use?\\n\\n- **grep**: DEFAULT tool. Searches file CONTENTS -- definitions, usage, patterns. Use when you have a specific name or pattern.\\n- **find_files**: Explores which files/modules exist for a topic. Use when you DON'T have a specific identifier or LOOKING FOR A FILE.\\n- **multi_grep**: OR logic across multiple patterns. Use for case variants (e.g. ['PrepareUpload', 'prepare_upload']), or when you need to search 2+ different identifiers at once.\\n\\n## Core Rules\\n\\n### 1. Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only\\nGrep matches single lines. Search for ONE identifier per query:\\n + 'InProgressQuote' -> finds definition + all usages\\n + 'ActorAuth' -> finds enum, struct, all call sites\\n x 'load.*metadata.*InProgressQuote' -> regex spanning multiple tokens, 0 results\\n x 'ctx.data::' -> code syntax, too specific, 0 results\\n x 'struct ActorAuth' -> adding keywords narrows results, misses enums/traits/type aliases\\n x 'TODO.*#\\\\d+' -> complex regex, use simple 'TODO' then filter visually\\n\\n### 2. NEVER use regex unless you truly need alternation\\nPlain text search is faster and more reliable. Regex patterns like `.*`, `\\\\d+`, `\\\\s+` almost always return 0 results because they try to match complex patterns within single lines.\\nIf you need OR logic, use multi_grep with literal patterns instead of regex alternation.\\n\\n### 3. Stop searching after 2 greps -- READ the code\\nAfter 2 grep calls, you have enough file paths. Read the top result to understand the code.\\nDo NOT keep grepping with variations. More greps != better understanding.\\n\\n### 4. Use multi_grep for multiple identifiers\\nWhen you need to find different names (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase, or definition + usage patterns), use ONE multi_grep call instead of sequential greps:\\n + multi_grep(['ActorAuth', 'PopulatedActorAuth', 'actor_auth'])\\n x grep 'ActorAuth' -> grep 'PopulatedActorAuth' -> grep 'actor_auth' (3 calls wasted)\\n\\n## Workflow\\n\\n**Have a specific name?** -> grep the bare identifier.\\n**Need multiple name variants?** -> multi_grep with all variants in one call.\\n**Exploring a topic / finding files?** -> find_files.\\n**Got results?** -> Read the top file. Don't grep again.\\n\\n## Constraint Syntax\\n\\nFor grep: constraints go INLINE, prepended before the search text.\\nFor multi_grep: constraints go in the separate 'constraints' parameter.\\n\\nConstraints MUST match one of these formats:\\n Extension: '*.rs', '*.{ts,tsx}'\\n Directory: 'src/', 'quotes/'\\n Filename: 'schema.rs', 'src/main.rs'\\n Exclude: '!test/', '!*.spec.ts'\\n\\n! Bare words without extensions are NOT constraints. 'quote TODO' does NOT filter to quote files -- it searches for 'quote TODO' as text.\\n + 'schema.rs TODO' -> searches for 'TODO' in files schema.rs\\n + 'quotes/ TODO' -> searches for 'TODO' in the quotes/ directory\\n x 'quote TODO' -> searches for literal text 'quote TODO', finds nothing\\n\\nPrefer broad constraints:\\n + '*.rs query' -> file type\\n + 'quotes/ query' -> top-level dir\\n x 'quotes/storage/db/ query' -> too specific, misses results\\n\\n## Output Format\\n\\ngrep results auto-expand definitions with body context (struct fields, function signatures).\\nThis often provides enough information WITHOUT a follow-up Read call.\\nLines marked with | are definition body context. [def] marks definition files.\\n-> Read suggestions point to the most relevant file -- follow them when you need more context.\\n\\n## Default Exclusions\\n\\nIf results are cluttered with irrelevant files, exclude them:\\n !tests/ - exclude tests directory\\n !*.spec.ts - exclude test files\\n !generated/ - exclude generated code\"},{\"name\":\"cloudflare-builds\"}]}\n\nIMPORTANT: You MUST call `mcp_list_tools` for a server before calling `mcp_call_tool` on it. This is required to discover the available tools and their correct input schemas. Never guess tool names or arguments — always list tools first.\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.189227Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"60323eca-2153-40d8-bbf5-743c1d401be9","node_id":19,"role":"system","content":"Available subagent profiles for the `run_subagent` tool. Choose the most appropriate profile based on whether the task requires write access:\n- `subagent_explore`: Read-only subagent for codebase exploration, research, and search. Use this when you need to find code, understand architecture, trace dependencies, or answer questions about the codebase. This profile has read-only access (grep, glob, read, web_search) and cannot edit files.\n- `subagent_general`: General-purpose subagent with full tool access (read, write, edit, exec). Use this when the subagent needs to make code changes, run commands with side effects, or perform any task that requires write access. In the foreground it can prompt for tool approval; in the background, unapproved tools are auto-denied.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.189497Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"a248e30f-e79c-4377-aef8-086e2a6eb52b","node_id":20,"role":"system","content":"## Parallel tool calls\n\n- You have the capability to call multiple tools in a single response--when multiple independent pieces of information are requested, batch your tool calls together for optimal performance.\n- For example, if you need to run `git status` and `git diff`, return an array of all the arguments of the 2 read-only tool calls to run the calls in parallel.\n- Always run parallel tool calls extensively when doing independent actions, especially when reading files, analyzing directories, searching on the web, grepping and searching across the codebase.\n- Never perform dependent terminal commands or writes in parallel.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.189488Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"c6b78301-df96-4afe-ac98-9eea259b6580","node_id":21,"role":"system","content":"You are powered by SWE-1.7 Lightning.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.189475Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"356f4616-a9d5-41e7-a093-ad3a7a587d45","node_id":22,"role":"system","content":"\nThe following information is automatically generated context about your current environment.\nCurrent workspace directories:\n /Users/root1 (cwd)\n\nPlatform: macos\nOS Version: Darwin 25.6.0\nToday's date: Wednesday, 2026-07-08\n\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:26.606974Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"70c3b78d-2bb9-4e99-8bad-b412716ed5c5","node_id":23,"role":"system","content":"\n\n# Agent Preferences\n\n- If I ever paste in a YouTube link, use yt-dlp to summarize the video.\n- get the autogenerrated captions to do this\n- if asked to summarize a YouTube video, do not name the session until after reading and understanding the full YouTube video transcript\n- for testing that involves urls, start with example.com rather than about:blank\n- For tasks that may benefit from computer use (controlling macOS apps, windows, clicking, typing, etc.), use the background-computer-use skill to control local macOS apps through the BackgroundComputerUse API\n- Secrets/tokens live in `~/.env` (e.g. `HF_TOKEN` for Hugging Face). Source it before use: `set -a; . ~/.env; set +a`\n\n## Cloudflare DNS management\n\nFor Cloudflare DNS management (adding/editing/deleting DNS records), use the **`cf` CLI** instead of `wrangler`.\nWrangler does not have DNS management capabilities, and its OAuth token doesn't work with the Cloudflare REST API for DNS operations.\n\n### Usage\n```bash\n# Check authentication status\ncf auth whoami\n\n# List DNS records for a zone\ncf dns records list -z aidenhuang.com\n\n# Add a DNS record\ncf dns records create -z aidenhuang.com --type CNAME --name devin --content \"target.example.com\" --proxied false\n\n# Delete a DNS record\ncf dns records delete -z aidenhuang.com \n```\n\nThe `cf` CLI uses the same OAuth authentication as `wrangler` and has proper DNS record permissions.\n\n## File search via fff MCP\n\nFor any file search or grep in the current git-indexed project directory, prefer the **fff** MCP tools\n(`mcp__fff__grep`, `mcp__fff__find_files`, `mcp__fff__multi_grep`) over the built-in grep/glob tools.\nfff is frecency-ranked, git-aware, and more token-efficient.\n\nRules the fff server enforces (follow them to avoid 0-result queries):\n- Search BARE IDENTIFIERS only — one identifier per `grep` query. No `load.*metadata.*Foo` style regex.\n- Don't use regex unless you truly need alternation; `.*`, `\\d+`, `\\s+` almost always return 0 results.\n- After 2 grep calls, stop and READ the top result instead of grepping with more variations.\n- Use `multi_grep` for OR logic across multiple identifiers (e.g. snake_case + PascalCase variants) in one call.\n- Have a specific name → `grep`. Exploring a topic / finding files → `find_files`.\n\nThe `fff-mcp` binary lives at `/Users/root1/.local/bin/fff-mcp` and is registered at user scope\nin `~/.config/devin/config.json`. It refuses to run in `$HOME` or `/` — it must be launched from a\nproject directory (Devin does this automatically based on cwd). Update with:\n`curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmtrKovalenko/fff.nvim/main/install-mcp.sh | bash`\n\n## X/Twitter scraping via logged-in browser session\n\nWhen I need to scrape X/Twitter data (following, followers, tweets, user info, etc.),\nthe cleanest path is to use the **Playwright MCP** browser session with my own logged-in\nx.com account, rather than spinning up twscrape's account-pool flow. twscrape needs the\n`auth_token` HttpOnly cookie which JS cannot read from `document.cookie`; the browser\nsession attaches all cookies automatically.\n\n### Flow\n1. `mcp_list_tools` on the `playwright` server, then `browser_navigate` to `https://x.com`.\n2. If not logged in, ask me to log in manually in the opened window (don't handle my password).\n3. Once on `https://x.com/home`, read `ct0` from `document.cookie`:\n `document.cookie.match(/ct0=([^;]+)/)[1]`\n4. Call X's GraphQL endpoints directly via `fetch()` inside `browser_evaluate`. Required headers:\n - `authorization: Bearer AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANRILgAAAAAAnNwIzUejRCOuH5E6I8xnZz4puTs%3D1Zv7ttfk8LF81IUq16cHjhLTvJu4FA33AGWWjCpTnA` (the public web-app bearer token)\n - `x-csrf-token: `\n - `x-twitter-auth-type: OAuth2Session`\n - `x-twitter-active-user: yes`\n - `content-type: application/json`\n5. Paginate timelines by reading `content.cursorType === \"Bottom\"` entries and passing\n the value back as `variables.cursor` until it stops changing.\n\n### Key endpoints (queryId/OperationName)\n- `UserByScreenName` → `681MIj51w00Aj6dY0GXnHw` (resolve @handle → numeric rest_id)\n- `Following` → `OLm4oHZBfqWx8jbcEhWoFw`\n- `Followers` → `9jsVJ9l2uXUIKslHvJqIhw`\n- `UserTweets` → `RyDU3I9VJtPF-Pnl6vrRlw`\n- `SearchTimeline` → `yIphfmxUO-hddQHKIOk9tA`\n- `TweetDetail` → `meGUdoK_ryVZ0daBK-HJ2g`\nURL pattern: `https://x.com/i/api/graphql//?variables=&features=`\n\n### Response schema notes (current X web build)\n- User objects now put `screen_name` / `name` under `core`, NOT `legacy.screen_name`.\n twscrape's parser still reads `legacy.screen_name` and returns empty — needs updating.\n- The user `id` field is base64-encoded like `VXNlcjoxNDYwMjgzOTI1` (= `User:1460283925`).\n Decode with `atob(u.id).split(':')[1]` to get the numeric rest_id. `u.rest_id` may also\n be present directly.\n- `is_blue_verified` is the verified flag. `legacy.followers_count`, `legacy.description`\n still exist under `legacy`.\n- Filter timeline entries by `content.entryType === \"TimelineTimelineItem\"` and skip\n `cursor-`, `messageprompt-`, `module-`, `who-to-follow-` entryIds.\n\n### Features dict\nUse the full `GQL_FEATURES` block from twscrape's `api.py` — without it X returns\n`(336) The following features cannot be null`. Pass it URL-encoded as the `features` param.\n\n### Where things live\n- Output CSV: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following.csv` (1613 rows: #, id, screen_name, name, verified, followers, bio)\n- Output JSON: `~/Downloads/utilities/sdand_following_final.json` (double-encoded JSON string; parse with `json.loads(json.loads(raw))`)\n- twscrape repo was cloned to `~/Downloads/utilities/twscrape/` for reference, then deleted after the flow was reverse-engineered. Re-clone from https://github.com/vladkens/twscrape.git if needed.\n\n## Fast Whisper transcription on Modal (A10G)\n\nFor transcribing long-form audio/video (interviews, podcasts, X/Twitter videos), use the\nutility at `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`. It does the full\npipeline: URL → yt-dlp download → ffmpeg audio extract → Modal volume upload →\nfaster-whisper on A10G → JSON + TXT output. Validated at **2.3 min wall clock for 65 min\nof audio** (no caching at any layer).\n\n### Usage\nShell alias (defined in `~/.zshrc`): `whisper`\n```bash\n# Transcribe an X/Twitter video (picks first playlist item)\nwhisper \"https://x.com/.../status/123\"\n\n# Pick a specific playlist item, use a smaller model\nwhisper \"https://x.com/...\" --playlist-item 2 --model-size medium\n\n# Transcribe a local audio file\nwhisper /path/to/audio.mp3 --name my-podcast\n\n# Custom output dir + keep downloaded source\nwhisper \"https://...\" --outdir ./transcripts --keep-source\n```\nTranscript text goes to stdout (pipe with `| pbcopy`); structured JSON + readable TXT\nsaved to `/.json` and `/.txt`.\n\n### Key optimizations (vs naive T4 run that took 11.7 min)\n- **A10G GPU** (~8x fp16 throughput vs T4; Modal ~$0.60/hr vs ~$0.16/hr — pennies for short jobs)\n- **`BatchedInferencePipeline`** with `batch_size=16` — batches encoder/decoder across chunks (2-4x)\n- **`beam_size=1`** (greedy) — ~2x faster, negligible WER increase for conversational speech\n- **`vad_filter=True`** — skips silence segments\n- **`compute_type=\"float16\"`** — halves memory bandwidth\n- **No caching**: `force_build=True` on apt/pip steps + unique `download_root` per run forces\n fresh image rebuild + fresh HF model download every time\n\n### Pinned versions (must match)\n- `faster-whisper==1.1.1` (provides `BatchedInferencePipeline`)\n- `ctranslate2==4.8.0`\n- Base image: `nvidia/cuda:12.6.3-cudnn-runtime-ubuntu22.04` (provides `libcublas.so.12`;\n `debian_slim` fails with `RuntimeError: Library libcublas.so.12 is not found`)\n\n### Audio prep (done automatically by the utility)\n```bash\nffmpeg -y -i input.mp4 -vn -ac 1 -ar 16000 -c:a aac -b:a 64k audio.m4a\n```\nMono 16kHz 64kbps AAC — a 65-min video (151 MB stream) becomes ~35 MB audio.\n\n### X/Twitter download notes\n- Tweet URLs can contain **playlists** (multiple videos). Use `--playlist-item N` to pick one.\n- Always use `-f bestaudio/best` to avoid downloading multi-GB high-bitrate video streams.\n- A 65-min interview's video variant can be 2.8+ GB; audio-only is ~63 MB (128 kbps).\n\n### Where things live\n- Utility: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/whisper_transcribe.py`\n- Strategy doc: `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/STRATEGY.md` (full optimization breakdown)\n- Modal app (standalone): `~/Downloads/utilities/whisper_x/transcribe_fast.py`\n- Modal volume: `whisper-audio` (created automatically; holds uploaded audio files)\n- Modal profile: `aidenhuang-personal` (workspace with GPU access)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.189802Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"5d920a11-07da-45a7-8939-abb013da3c58","node_id":24,"role":"user","content":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSleBySk9sI","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.627175Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"9c622bfe-76e1-4b72-8aa0-c24ce21199e1","node_id":25,"role":"system","content":"\nThe following skills can be invoked using the `skill` tool. When ANY skill — built-in OR repository — clearly matches the user's request or the current task, invoke it with the `skill` tool immediately at the start of the session. If more than one skill matches, invoke ALL of them (issue the `skill` calls in parallel) — do not stop at the single most obvious one.\n\n- **agents-sdk**: Build AI agents on Cloudflare Workers using the Agents SDK. Load when creating stateful agents, durable workflows, real-time WebSocket apps, scheduled tasks, MCP servers, chat applications, voice agents, or browser automation. Covers Agent class, state management, callable RPC, Workflows, durable execution, queues, retries, observability, and React hooks. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/agents-sdk/SKILL.md)\n- **wrangler**: Cloudflare Workers CLI for deploying, developing, and managing Workers, KV, R2, D1, Vectorize, Hyperdrive, Workers AI, Containers, Queues, Workflows, Pipelines, and Secrets Store. Load before running wrangler commands to ensure correct syntax and best practices. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/wrangler/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-one-migrations**: Plans migrations from Zscaler ZIA/ZPA, Palo Alto, legacy VPN, SWG, or SASE stacks to Cloudflare One. Use for migration assessments, policy mapping, rollout plans, and parity/gap analysis. (source: /Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/skills/cloudflare-one-migrations/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-one**: Guides Cloudflare One Zero Trust and SASE work across Access, Gateway, WARP, Tunnel, Cloudflare WAN, DLP, CASB, device posture, and identity. Use when designing, configuring, troubleshooting, or reviewing Cloudflare One deployments. Retrieval-first: use current Cloudflare docs/API schemas instead of embedded product docs. (source: /Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/skills/cloudflare-one/SKILL.md)\n- **sandbox-sdk**: Build sandboxed applications for secure code execution. Load when building AI code execution, code interpreters, CI/CD systems, interactive dev environments, or executing untrusted code. Covers Sandbox SDK lifecycle, commands, files, code interpreter, and preview URLs. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/sandbox-sdk/SKILL.md)\n- **sandbox-sdk**: Build sandboxed applications for secure code execution. Load when building AI code execution, code interpreters, CI/CD systems, interactive dev environments, or executing untrusted code. Covers Sandbox SDK lifecycle, commands, files, code interpreter, and preview URLs. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.claude/skills/sandbox-sdk/SKILL.md)\n- **background-computer-use**: Launch and use the local BackgroundComputerUse macOS runtime through its self-documenting loopback API. Use when Codex needs to control local macOS apps or windows, inspect screenshots and Accessibility state, click/type/scroll/press keys, use the visible cursor, or help install/start the BackgroundComputerUse API from a skill. (source: /Users/root1/.devin/skills/background-computer-use/SKILL.md)\n- **wrangler**: Cloudflare Workers CLI for deploying, developing, and managing Workers, KV, R2, D1, Vectorize, Hyperdrive, Workers AI, Containers, Queues, Workflows, Pipelines, and Secrets Store. Load before running wrangler commands to ensure correct syntax and best practices. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.agents/skills/wrangler/SKILL.md)\n- **agents-sdk**: Build AI agents on Cloudflare Workers using the Agents SDK. Load when creating stateful agents, durable workflows, real-time WebSocket apps, scheduled tasks, MCP servers, chat applications, voice agents, or browser automation. Covers Agent class, state management, callable RPC, Workflows, durable execution, queues, retries, observability, and React hooks. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.agents/skills/agents-sdk/SKILL.md)\n- **web-perf**: Analyzes web performance using Chrome DevTools MCP. Measures Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) and supplementary metrics (FCP, TBT, Speed Index), identifies render-blocking resources, network dependency chains, layout shifts, caching issues, and accessibility gaps. Use when asked to audit, profile, debug, or optimize page load performance, Lighthouse scores, or site speed. Biases towards retrieval from current documentation over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.agents/skills/web-perf/SKILL.md)\n- **turnstile-spin**: Set up Cloudflare Turnstile end-to-end in a project — scan the codebase, create the widget via the Cloudflare API, deploy the managed siteverify Worker, write the frontend snippets, validate, and persist the skill. Load this when a user asks to add Turnstile, set up CAPTCHA, protect a form from bots, or fix a Turnstile integration. Mirrors developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/spin. (source: /Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/skills/turnstile-spin/SKILL.md)\n- **durable-objects**: Create and review Cloudflare Durable Objects. Use when building stateful coordination (chat rooms, multiplayer games, booking systems), implementing RPC methods, SQLite storage, alarms, WebSockets, or reviewing DO code for best practices. Covers Workers integration, wrangler config, and testing with Vitest. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/skills/durable-objects/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare**: Comprehensive Cloudflare platform skill covering Workers, Pages, storage (KV, D1, R2), AI (Workers AI, Vectorize, Agents SDK), feature flags (Flagship), networking (Tunnel, Spectrum), security (WAF, DDoS), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi). Use for any Cloudflare development task. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.agents/skills/cloudflare/SKILL.md)\n- **turnstile-spin**: Set up Cloudflare Turnstile end-to-end in a project — scan the codebase, create the widget via the Cloudflare API, deploy the managed siteverify Worker, write the frontend snippets, validate, and persist the skill. Load this when a user asks to add Turnstile, set up CAPTCHA, protect a form from bots, or fix a Turnstile integration. Mirrors developers.cloudflare.com/turnstile/spin. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/turnstile-spin/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-email-service**: Send and receive transactional emails with Cloudflare Email Service (Email Sending + Email Routing). Use when building email sending (Workers binding or REST API), email routing, Agents SDK email handling, or integrating email into any app — Workers, Node.js, Python, Go, etc. Also use for email deliverability, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, wrangler email setup, MCP email tools, or when a coding agent needs to send emails. Even for simple requests like \"add email to my Worker\" — this skill has critical config details. (source: /Users/root1/.codeium/windsurf/skills/cloudflare-email-service/SKILL.md)\n- **workers-best-practices**: Reviews and authors Cloudflare Workers code against production best practices. Load when writing new Workers, reviewing Worker code, configuring wrangler.jsonc, or checking for common Workers anti-patterns (streaming, floating promises, global state, secrets, bindings, observability). Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/workers-best-practices/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-agent-setup**: (source: /Users/root1/.devin/skills/cloudflare-agent-setup/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-one-migrations**: Plans migrations from Zscaler ZIA/ZPA, Palo Alto, legacy VPN, SWG, or SASE stacks to Cloudflare One. Use for migration assessments, policy mapping, rollout plans, and parity/gap analysis. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/cloudflare-one-migrations/SKILL.md)\n- **workers-best-practices**: Reviews and authors Cloudflare Workers code against production best practices. Load when writing new Workers, reviewing Worker code, configuring wrangler.jsonc, or checking for common Workers anti-patterns (streaming, floating promises, global state, secrets, bindings, observability). Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.claude/skills/workers-best-practices/SKILL.md)\n- **durable-objects**: Create and review Cloudflare Durable Objects. Use when building stateful coordination (chat rooms, multiplayer games, booking systems), implementing RPC methods, SQLite storage, alarms, WebSockets, or reviewing DO code for best practices. Covers Workers integration, wrangler config, and testing with Vitest. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/durable-objects/SKILL.md)\n- **find-skills**: Helps users discover and install agent skills when they ask questions like \"how do I do X\", \"find a skill for X\", \"is there a skill that can...\", or express interest in extending capabilities. This skill should be used when the user is looking for functionality that might exist as an installable skill. (source: /Users/root1/.agents/skills/find-skills/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-one**: Guides Cloudflare One Zero Trust and SASE work across Access, Gateway, WARP, Tunnel, Cloudflare WAN, DLP, CASB, device posture, and identity. Use when designing, configuring, troubleshooting, or reviewing Cloudflare One deployments. Retrieval-first: use current Cloudflare docs/API schemas instead of embedded product docs. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/cloudflare-one/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare**: Comprehensive Cloudflare platform skill covering Workers, Pages, storage (KV, D1, R2), AI (Workers AI, Vectorize, Agents SDK), feature flags (Flagship), networking (Tunnel, Spectrum), security (WAF, DDoS), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Pulumi). Use for any Cloudflare development task. Biases towards retrieval from Cloudflare docs over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/cloudflare/SKILL.md)\n- **cloudflare-email-service**: Send and receive transactional emails with Cloudflare Email Service (Email Sending + Email Routing). Use when building email sending (Workers binding or REST API), email routing, Agents SDK email handling, or integrating email into any app — Workers, Node.js, Python, Go, etc. Also use for email deliverability, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, wrangler email setup, MCP email tools, or when a coding agent needs to send emails. Even for simple requests like \"add email to my Worker\" — this skill has critical config details. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/cloudflare-email-service/SKILL.md)\n- **web-perf**: Analyzes web performance using Chrome DevTools MCP. Measures Core Web Vitals (LCP, INP, CLS) and supplementary metrics (FCP, TBT, Speed Index), identifies render-blocking resources, network dependency chains, layout shifts, caching issues, and accessibility gaps. Use when asked to audit, profile, debug, or optimize page load performance, Lighthouse scores, or site speed. Biases towards retrieval from current documentation over pre-trained knowledge. (source: /Users/root1/.config/devin/skills/web-perf/SKILL.md)\n- **devin-cli**: Look up Devin CLI documentation (skills, extensibility, configuration, commands, models, troubleshooting) (source: /Users/root1/.local/share/devin/cli/_versions/3000.1.27/share/devin/docs)\n- **declarative-repo-setup**: Generate and verify a working environment.yaml (Devin snapshot-setup blueprint) for a repo (source: builtin:drs)\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:27.627734Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"dc582c17-874c-4c78-b3fe-6b955caa2458","node_id":27,"role":"assistant","content":"I'll summarize the video using yt-dlp to pull the auto-generated captions.","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.todo_write:0","name":"todo_write","arguments":{"todos":[{"content":"Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video","status":"in_progress"},{"content":"Read and understand the full transcript","status":"pending"},{"content":"Produce a concise summary of the video","status":"pending"}]}}],"thinking":"The user pasted a YouTube link. According to the AGENTS.md rule, if I ever paste in a YouTube link, use yt-dlp to summarize the video, getting the autogenerated captions to do this. Also, for tasks that may benefit from computer use, use the background-computer-use skill. But this is a simple YouTube summarization task, likely no computer use needed.\n\nI should not name the session until after reading and understanding the full YouTube video transcript.\n\nSo I need to use yt-dlp to get captions/transcript and then summarize.\n\nAvailable skills include find-skills, devin-cli, etc., but none for YouTube summarization directly. The AGENTS.md rule is explicit. I should also use todo_write to track steps. Then run yt-dlp to download caption/subtitles. Then read/summarize.\n\nNeed to be careful with session naming? I can name session now? Rule says don't name the session until after reading and understanding full transcript. Since session name may not be relevant, just continue.\n\nPlan:\n1. todo: Extract YouTube captions/transcript\n2. todo: Read and understand transcript\n3. todo: Summarize for user\n4. Use yt-dlp with --list-subs then --write-sub etc. Or use yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download to get auto-generated captions. We need get captions. Possibly the video might not have captions. Let's check.\n\nUse exec to run yt-dlp command. Need know if yt-dlp installed. Run `which yt-dlp` or `yt-dlp --version`.\n\nWe can run `yt-dlp --list-subs --no-warnings jSleBySk9sI` or with URL. Actually if in cwd /Users/root1, we can download subs there. But maybe avoid clutter; could write to temp directory. Let's create temp dir.\n\nWe have request_scope? Not needed.\n\nLet's begin.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:29.674084Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":776,"total_time_ms":1768,"input_tokens":6629,"output_tokens":487,"cache_read_tokens":10624,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":2.0369609856262834,"tokens_per_sec":490.92741935483866}},{"message_id":"434ab3a8-b684-4b8e-98dc-53a2f66a2f35","node_id":28,"role":"tool","content":"Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable\nCurrent todo list:\n1. [~] Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video [in_progress]\n2. [ ] Read and understand the full transcript [pending]\n3. [ ] Produce a concise summary of the video [pending]\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:29.674517Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"25183acd-816a-4597-a261-dd8e9f942e38","node_id":30,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.exec:1","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"which yt-dlp && yt-dlp --version","timeout":10000}},{"id":"functions.exec:2","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"mktemp -d","timeout":10000}}],"thinking":"Let's run yt-dlp to get captions. Need check installed.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:30.324506Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":471,"total_time_ms":649,"input_tokens":686,"output_tokens":70,"cache_read_tokens":17152,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":2.5428571428571427,"tokens_per_sec":393.2584269662922}},{"message_id":"a8ac56af-90e8-4149-879c-34259adbaa2b","node_id":31,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell ad63ff:\n/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.12/bin/yt-dlp\n2025.12.08\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:30.574172Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"f543d124-46d8-4c64-8ba4-4b177ff117dd","node_id":32,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell f66981:\n/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:30.574176Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"a7fbd847-fd1f-45e1-adcc-26f02902a5bc","node_id":34,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.exec:3","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"cd /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi && yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download --sub-langs en --convert-subs srt --no-warnings \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSleBySk9sI\"","timeout":60000}}],"thinking":"yt-dlp installed. Now get captions. Use temp dir. Command:\ncd /var/folders/... && yt-dlp --write-auto-sub --skip-download --sub-langs en --convert-subs srt --no-warnings \"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSleBySk9sI\"\n\nOr --list-subs first. Could directly. Let's run.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:31.327320Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":539,"total_time_ms":752,"input_tokens":229,"output_tokens":177,"cache_read_tokens":17792,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.2033898305084745,"tokens_per_sec":830.9859154929577}},{"message_id":"458140c7-5666-4ddb-82a4-37ab754565fd","node_id":35,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell d544f9:\n[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSleBySk9sI\n[youtube] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading webpage\n[youtube] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading tv client config\n[youtube] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading player ecd4b80a-main\n[youtube] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading tv player API JSON\n[youtube] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading android sdkless player API JSON\n[youtube] [jsc:deno] Solving JS challenges using deno\n[info] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading subtitles: en\n[info] jSleBySk9sI: Downloading 1 format(s): 139-20\n[info] Writing video subtitles to: Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career [jSleBySk9sI].en.vtt\n[download] Destination: Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career [jSleBySk9sI].en.vtt\n\r[download] 1.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 3.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 7.00KiB at Unknown B/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 15.00KiB at 6.95MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 31.00KiB at 2.99MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 63.00KiB at 3.17MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 127.00KiB at 3.55MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 157.99KiB at 3.97MiB/s (00:00:00)\r[download] 100% of 157.99KiB in 00:00:00 at 851.90KiB/s\n[SubtitlesConvertor] Converting subtitles\nDeleting original file Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career [jSleBySk9sI].en.vtt (pass -k to keep)\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:33.887476Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"891ea44c-c089-4e2a-8077-36ac74e41a10","node_id":37,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.exec:4","name":"exec","arguments":{"command":"ls -la /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi","timeout":10000}}],"thinking":"It produced a subtitle file; file extension? It wrote to ...en.vtt then converting? But deleted original; maybe converted to srt? Let's list files.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:34.539837Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":506,"total_time_ms":651,"input_tokens":819,"output_tokens":92,"cache_read_tokens":17920,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.576086956521739,"tokens_per_sec":634.4827586206897}},{"message_id":"0df2f878-6233-4f60-9286-67c27cb5b116","node_id":38,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell 8ed9fc:\ntotal 168\ndrwx------ 3 root1 staff 96 Jul 8 23:47 .\ndrwx-----T@ 270 root1 staff 8640 Jul 8 23:47 ..\n-rw-r--r-- 1 root1 staff 85649 Jul 8 23:47 Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career [jSleBySk9sI].en.srt\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:34.550612Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"e96e847f-8474-4b0f-86ae-6e4d96b518a1","node_id":40,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.read:5","name":"read","arguments":{"file_path":"/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi/Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career [jSleBySk9sI].en.srt"}}],"thinking":"Now read the SRT. Since read tool requires absolute path. Use read. File may be 85 KB. Read.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:35.168878Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":480,"total_time_ms":617,"input_tokens":271,"output_tokens":96,"cache_read_tokens":18688,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.4270833333333333,"tokens_per_sec":700.7299270072994}},{"message_id":"4b3d377b-dd1d-4f47-89de-c7369aebf1ec","node_id":41,"role":"tool","content":"\n 1|1\n 2|00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,030\n 3|\n 4|Nobody is coming to save your career.\n 5|\n 6|2\n 7|00:00:02,030 --> 00:00:02,040\n 8|Nobody is coming to save your career.\n 9| \n 10|\n 11|3\n 12|00:00:02,040 --> 00:00:04,430\n 13|Nobody is coming to save your career.\n 14|Not your manager, not your skip level,\n 15|\n 16|4\n 17|00:00:04,430 --> 00:00:04,440\n 18|Not your manager, not your skip level,\n 19| \n 20|\n 21|5\n 22|00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:06,030\n 23|Not your manager, not your skip level,\n 24|not the company you've given the last\n 25|\n 26|6\n 27|00:00:06,030 --> 00:00:06,040\n 28|not the company you've given the last\n 29| \n 30|\n 31|7\n 32|00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:07,830\n 33|not the company you've given the last\n 34|five years of your life to. The truth\n 35|\n 36|8\n 37|00:00:07,830 --> 00:00:07,840\n 38|five years of your life to. The truth\n 39| \n 40|\n 41|9\n 42|00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,030\n 43|five years of your life to. The truth\n 44|is, in 2026, waiting to be noticed isn't\n 45|\n 46|10\n 47|00:00:11,030 --> 00:00:11,040\n 48|is, in 2026, waiting to be noticed isn't\n 49| \n 50|\n 51|11\n 52|00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:13,550\n 53|is, in 2026, waiting to be noticed isn't\n 54|just low. It's dangerous to your career.\n 55|\n 56|12\n 57|00:00:13,550 --> 00:00:13,560\n 58|just low. It's dangerous to your career.\n 59| \n 60|\n 61|13\n 62|00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:15,310\n 63|just low. It's dangerous to your career.\n 64|AI is compressing the value of the\n 65|\n 66|14\n 67|00:00:15,310 --> 00:00:15,320\n 68|AI is compressing the value of the\n 69| \n 70|\n 71|15\n 72|00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:16,910\n 73|AI is compressing the value of the\n 74|comfortable work that you're doing right\n 75|\n 76|16\n 77|00:00:16,910 --> 00:00:16,920\n 78|comfortable work that you're doing right\n 79| \n 80|\n 81|17\n 82|00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:18,990\n 83|comfortable work that you're doing right\n 84|now. The stuff that you're great at, the\n 85|\n 86|18\n 87|00:00:18,990 --> 00:00:19,000\n 88|now. The stuff that you're great at, the\n 89| \n 90|\n 91|19\n 92|00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:20,990\n 93|now. The stuff that you're great at, the\n 94|stuff that makes you reliable, that's\n 95|\n 96|20\n 97|00:00:20,990 --> 00:00:21,000\n 98|stuff that makes you reliable, that's\n 99| \n 100|\n 101|21\n 102|00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:22,430\n 103|stuff that makes you reliable, that's\n 104|exactly the stuff that's getting\n 105|\n 106|22\n 107|00:00:22,430 --> 00:00:22,440\n 108|exactly the stuff that's getting\n 109| \n 110|\n 111|23\n 112|00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,870\n 113|exactly the stuff that's getting\n 114|automated first. Being a passenger in\n 115|\n 116|24\n 117|00:00:24,870 --> 00:00:24,880\n 118|automated first. Being a passenger in\n 119| \n 120|\n 121|25\n 122|00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:26,830\n 123|automated first. Being a passenger in\n 124|your career you suggest means slow\n 125|\n 126|26\n 127|00:00:26,830 --> 00:00:26,840\n 128|your career you suggest means slow\n 129| \n 130|\n 131|27\n 132|00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:27,830\n 133|your career you suggest means slow\n 134|growth.\n 135|\n 136|28\n 137|00:00:27,830 --> 00:00:27,840\n 138|growth.\n 139| \n 140|\n 141|29\n 142|00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,070\n 143|growth.\n 144|Today, it means getting left behind. In\n 145|\n 146|30\n 147|00:00:30,070 --> 00:00:30,080\n 148|Today, it means getting left behind. In\n 149| \n 150|\n 151|31\n 152|00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:31,710\n 153|Today, it means getting left behind. In\n 154|this video, I'm going to break down the\n 155|\n 156|32\n 157|00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:31,720\n 158|this video, I'm going to break down the\n 159| \n 160|\n 161|33\n 162|00:00:31,720 --> 00:00:33,670\n 163|this video, I'm going to break down the\n 164|three truths that you need to accept to\n 165|\n 166|34\n 167|00:00:33,670 --> 00:00:33,680\n 168|three truths that you need to accept to\n 169| \n 170|\n 171|35\n 172|00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,870\n 173|three truths that you need to accept to\n 174|take back control, so that by the end\n 175|\n 176|36\n 177|00:00:35,870 --> 00:00:35,880\n 178|take back control, so that by the end\n 179| \n 180|\n 181|37\n 182|00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,270\n 183|take back control, so that by the end\n 184|you'll know exactly where you've been\n 185|\n 186|38\n 187|00:00:37,270 --> 00:00:37,280\n 188|you'll know exactly where you've been\n 189| \n 190|\n 191|39\n 192|00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,550\n 193|you'll know exactly where you've been\n 194|handing over your career growth. And\n 195|\n 196|40\n 197|00:00:39,550 --> 00:00:39,560\n 198|handing over your career growth. And\n 199| \n 200|\n 201|41\n 202|00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,550\n 203|handing over your career growth. And\n 204|what to do about it this week. The\n 205|\n 206|42\n 207|00:00:41,550 --> 00:00:41,560\n 208|what to do about it this week. The\n 209| \n 210|\n 211|43\n 212|00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,630\n 213|what to do about it this week. The\n 214|fastest way to endanger your career is\n 215|\n 216|44\n 217|00:00:43,630 --> 00:00:43,640\n 218|fastest way to endanger your career is\n 219| \n 220|\n 221|45\n 222|00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:46,070\n 223|fastest way to endanger your career is\n 224|to become reliable at low impact work.\n 225|\n 226|46\n 227|00:00:46,070 --> 00:00:46,080\n 228|to become reliable at low impact work.\n 229| \n 230|\n 231|47\n 232|00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,310\n 233|to become reliable at low impact work.\n 234|You'll be rewarded with more of it until\n 235|\n 236|48\n 237|00:00:48,310 --> 00:00:48,320\n 238|You'll be rewarded with more of it until\n 239| \n 240|\n 241|49\n 242|00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,910\n 243|You'll be rewarded with more of it until\n 244|you're replaced by the AI that was\n 245|\n 246|50\n 247|00:00:49,910 --> 00:00:49,920\n 248|you're replaced by the AI that was\n 249| \n 250|\n 251|51\n 252|00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,110\n 253|you're replaced by the AI that was\n 254|trained on your priors. Now, I know some\n 255|\n 256|52\n 257|00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:52,120\n 258|trained on your priors. Now, I know some\n 259| \n 260|\n 261|53\n 262|00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:53,950\n 263|trained on your priors. Now, I know some\n 264|of you are watching this thinking, \"I\n 265|\n 266|54\n 267|00:00:53,950 --> 00:00:53,960\n 268|of you are watching this thinking, \"I\n 269| \n 270|\n 271|55\n 272|00:00:53,960 --> 00:00:55,910\n 273|of you are watching this thinking, \"I\n 274|don't care about climbing the ladder. I\n 275|\n 276|56\n 277|00:00:55,910 --> 00:00:55,920\n 278|don't care about climbing the ladder. I\n 279| \n 280|\n 281|57\n 282|00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,030\n 283|don't care about climbing the ladder. I\n 284|like my job and where I'm at. I'm not\n 285|\n 286|58\n 287|00:00:58,030 --> 00:00:58,040\n 288|like my job and where I'm at. I'm not\n 289| \n 290|\n 291|59\n 292|00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,790\n 293|like my job and where I'm at. I'm not\n 294|trying to be a VP.\" And that's fair.\n 295|\n 296|60\n 297|00:01:00,790 --> 00:01:00,800\n 298|trying to be a VP.\" And that's fair.\n 299| \n 300|\n 301|61\n 302|00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,950\n 303|trying to be a VP.\" And that's fair.\n 304|Wanting more scope is a choice and not\n 305|\n 306|62\n 307|00:01:02,950 --> 00:01:02,960\n 308|Wanting more scope is a choice and not\n 309| \n 310|\n 311|63\n 312|00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:04,790\n 313|Wanting more scope is a choice and not\n 314|an obligation. And if you built a life\n 315|\n 316|64\n 317|00:01:04,790 --> 00:01:04,800\n 318|an obligation. And if you built a life\n 319| \n 320|\n 321|65\n 322|00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,230\n 323|an obligation. And if you built a life\n 324|that you genuinely like, I respect that.\n 325|\n 326|66\n 327|00:01:07,230 --> 00:01:07,240\n 328|that you genuinely like, I respect that.\n 329| \n 330|\n 331|67\n 332|00:01:07,240 --> 00:01:08,670\n 333|that you genuinely like, I respect that.\n 334|But staying where you are is not the\n 335|\n 336|68\n 337|00:01:08,670 --> 00:01:08,680\n 338|But staying where you are is not the\n 339| \n 340|\n 341|69\n 342|00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:10,750\n 343|But staying where you are is not the\n 344|same thing as being safe. The work that\n 345|\n 346|70\n 347|00:01:10,750 --> 00:01:10,760\n 348|same thing as being safe. The work that\n 349| \n 350|\n 351|71\n 352|00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,310\n 353|same thing as being safe. The work that\n 354|you're doing today is the work that the\n 355|\n 356|72\n 357|00:01:12,310 --> 00:01:12,320\n 358|you're doing today is the work that the\n 359| \n 360|\n 361|73\n 362|00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:14,150\n 363|you're doing today is the work that the\n 364|models are getting good at tomorrow. You\n 365|\n 366|74\n 367|00:01:14,150 --> 00:01:14,160\n 368|models are getting good at tomorrow. You\n 369| \n 370|\n 371|75\n 372|00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:15,670\n 373|models are getting good at tomorrow. You\n 374|don't have to want a promotion to care\n 375|\n 376|76\n 377|00:01:15,670 --> 00:01:15,680\n 378|don't have to want a promotion to care\n 379| \n 380|\n 381|77\n 382|00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,430\n 383|don't have to want a promotion to care\n 384|about this. You just have to want to\n 385|\n 386|78\n 387|00:01:17,430 --> 00:01:17,440\n 388|about this. You just have to want to\n 389| \n 390|\n 391|79\n 392|00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:19,510\n 393|about this. You just have to want to\n 394|still have a job in five years. So,\n 395|\n 396|80\n 397|00:01:19,510 --> 00:01:19,520\n 398|still have a job in five years. So,\n 399| \n 400|\n 401|81\n 402|00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:21,310\n 403|still have a job in five years. So,\n 404|whether you're trying to grow or trying\n 405|\n 406|82\n 407|00:01:21,310 --> 00:01:21,320\n 408|whether you're trying to grow or trying\n 409| \n 410|\n 411|83\n 412|00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:23,230\n 413|whether you're trying to grow or trying\n 414|to hold your ground, the rest of this\n 415|\n 416|84\n 417|00:01:23,230 --> 00:01:23,240\n 418|to hold your ground, the rest of this\n 419| \n 420|\n 421|85\n 422|00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:25,470\n 423|to hold your ground, the rest of this\n 424|video still applies. Because the person\n 425|\n 426|86\n 427|00:01:25,470 --> 00:01:25,480\n 428|video still applies. Because the person\n 429| \n 430|\n 431|87\n 432|00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:27,510\n 433|video still applies. Because the person\n 434|who owns your career isn't your manager\n 435|\n 436|88\n 437|00:01:27,510 --> 00:01:27,520\n 438|who owns your career isn't your manager\n 439| \n 440|\n 441|89\n 442|00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:29,270\n 443|who owns your career isn't your manager\n 444|and it isn't your company.\n 445|\n 446|90\n 447|00:01:29,270 --> 00:01:29,280\n 448|and it isn't your company.\n 449| \n 450|\n 451|91\n 452|00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,870\n 453|and it isn't your company.\n 454|It's you. Here's what I want you to\n 455|\n 456|92\n 457|00:01:30,870 --> 00:01:30,880\n 458|It's you. Here's what I want you to\n 459| \n 460|\n 461|93\n 462|00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:32,790\n 463|It's you. Here's what I want you to\n 464|understand about where you work. The\n 465|\n 466|94\n 467|00:01:32,790 --> 00:01:32,800\n 468|understand about where you work. The\n 469| \n 470|\n 471|95\n 472|00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,150\n 473|understand about where you work. The\n 474|company is a simple machine. It's just\n 475|\n 476|96\n 477|00:01:35,150 --> 00:01:35,160\n 478|company is a simple machine. It's just\n 479| \n 480|\n 481|97\n 482|00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,350\n 483|company is a simple machine. It's just\n 484|trying to maximize profit. It doesn't\n 485|\n 486|98\n 487|00:01:37,350 --> 00:01:37,360\n 488|trying to maximize profit. It doesn't\n 489| \n 490|\n 491|99\n 492|00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,110\n 493|trying to maximize profit. It doesn't\n 494|love you. It doesn't hate you. It\n 495|\n 496|100\n 497|00:01:39,110 --> 00:01:39,120\n 498|love you. It doesn't hate you. It\n 499| \n 500|\n 501|101\n 502|00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,030\n 503|love you. It doesn't hate you. It\n 504|doesn't care about your family. It's\n 505|\n 506|102\n 507|00:01:41,030 --> 00:01:41,040\n 508|doesn't care about your family. It's\n 509| \n 510|\n 511|103\n 512|00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:43,350\n 513|doesn't care about your family. It's\n 514|running this naive algorithm. And the\n 515|\n 516|104\n 517|00:01:43,350 --> 00:01:43,360\n 518|running this naive algorithm. And the\n 519| \n 520|\n 521|105\n 522|00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:45,670\n 523|running this naive algorithm. And the\n 524|algorithm looks like this. Add work to\n 525|\n 526|106\n 527|00:01:45,670 --> 00:01:45,680\n 528|algorithm looks like this. Add work to\n 529| \n 530|\n 531|107\n 532|00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:47,870\n 533|algorithm looks like this. Add work to\n 534|your plate until you push back. If you\n 535|\n 536|108\n 537|00:01:47,870 --> 00:01:47,880\n 538|your plate until you push back. If you\n 539| \n 540|\n 541|109\n 542|00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:50,510\n 543|your plate until you push back. If you\n 544|don't push back, add some more work. My\n 545|\n 546|110\n 547|00:01:50,510 --> 00:01:50,520\n 548|don't push back, add some more work. My\n 549| \n 550|\n 551|111\n 552|00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,830\n 553|don't push back, add some more work. My\n 554|friend Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP,\n 555|\n 556|112\n 557|00:01:52,830 --> 00:01:52,840\n 558|friend Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP,\n 559| \n 560|\n 561|113\n 562|00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,950\n 563|friend Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP,\n 564|says, \"It isn't evil. It's just\n 565|\n 566|114\n 567|00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:54,960\n 568|says, \"It isn't evil. It's just\n 569| \n 570|\n 571|115\n 572|00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,030\n 573|says, \"It isn't evil. It's just\n 574|business.\" And he's right. The company\n 575|\n 576|116\n 577|00:01:57,030 --> 00:01:57,040\n 578|business.\" And he's right. The company\n 579| \n 580|\n 581|117\n 582|00:01:57,040 --> 00:01:58,950\n 583|business.\" And he's right. The company\n 584|isn't trying to hurt you. It just\n 585|\n 586|118\n 587|00:01:58,950 --> 00:01:58,960\n 588|isn't trying to hurt you. It just\n 589| \n 590|\n 591|119\n 592|00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:00,870\n 593|isn't trying to hurt you. It just\n 594|doesn't care if it does. So, the job of\n 595|\n 596|120\n 597|00:02:00,870 --> 00:02:00,880\n 598|doesn't care if it does. So, the job of\n 599| \n 600|\n 601|121\n 602|00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,030\n 603|doesn't care if it does. So, the job of\n 604|managing your career falls squarely on\n 605|\n 606|122\n 607|00:02:03,030 --> 00:02:03,040\n 608|managing your career falls squarely on\n 609| \n 610|\n 611|123\n 612|00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,110\n 613|managing your career falls squarely on\n 614|you. Nobody else is sitting there\n 615|\n 616|124\n 617|00:02:05,110 --> 00:02:05,120\n 618|you. Nobody else is sitting there\n 619| \n 620|\n 621|125\n 622|00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,030\n 623|you. Nobody else is sitting there\n 624|thinking about whether you're growing.\n 625|\n 626|126\n 627|00:02:07,030 --> 00:02:07,040\n 628|thinking about whether you're growing.\n 629| \n 630|\n 631|127\n 632|00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,389\n 633|thinking about whether you're growing.\n 634|Your manager has their own problems. The\n 635|\n 636|128\n 637|00:02:09,389 --> 00:02:09,399\n 638|Your manager has their own problems. The\n 639| \n 640|\n 641|129\n 642|00:02:09,399 --> 00:02:12,030\n 643|Your manager has their own problems. The\n 644|company has its road map. The algorithm\n 645|\n 646|130\n 647|00:02:12,030 --> 00:02:12,040\n 648|company has its road map. The algorithm\n 649| \n 650|\n 651|131\n 652|00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,350\n 653|company has its road map. The algorithm\n 654|just wants more output. None of those\n 655|\n 656|132\n 657|00:02:14,350 --> 00:02:14,360\n 658|just wants more output. None of those\n 659| \n 660|\n 661|133\n 662|00:02:14,360 --> 00:02:16,550\n 663|just wants more output. None of those\n 664|things care about your trajectory.\n 665|\n 666|134\n 667|00:02:16,550 --> 00:02:16,560\n 668|things care about your trajectory.\n 669| \n 670|\n 671|135\n 672|00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,470\n 673|things care about your trajectory.\n 674|You're the only one that can. Suppose\n 675|\n 676|136\n 677|00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:18,480\n 678|You're the only one that can. Suppose\n 679| \n 680|\n 681|137\n 682|00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:19,790\n 683|You're the only one that can. Suppose\n 684|you've done the work of figuring out the\n 685|\n 686|138\n 687|00:02:19,790 --> 00:02:19,800\n 688|you've done the work of figuring out the\n 689| \n 690|\n 691|139\n 692|00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,550\n 693|you've done the work of figuring out the\n 694|next step of your career, and you've\n 695|\n 696|140\n 697|00:02:21,550 --> 00:02:21,560\n 698|next step of your career, and you've\n 699| \n 700|\n 701|141\n 702|00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,070\n 703|next step of your career, and you've\n 704|decided that what you need is bigger\n 705|\n 706|142\n 707|00:02:23,070 --> 00:02:23,080\n 708|decided that what you need is bigger\n 709| \n 710|\n 711|143\n 712|00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,990\n 713|decided that what you need is bigger\n 714|scope, like a project that stretches\n 715|\n 716|144\n 717|00:02:24,990 --> 00:02:25,000\n 718|scope, like a project that stretches\n 719| \n 720|\n 721|145\n 722|00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,070\n 723|scope, like a project that stretches\n 724|you. Something that would actually move\n 725|\n 726|146\n 727|00:02:27,070 --> 00:02:27,080\n 728|you. Something that would actually move\n 729| \n 730|\n 731|147\n 732|00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,949\n 733|you. Something that would actually move\n 734|you forward instead of producing more of\n 735|\n 736|148\n 737|00:02:28,949 --> 00:02:28,959\n 738|you forward instead of producing more of\n 739| \n 740|\n 741|149\n 742|00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:30,670\n 743|you forward instead of producing more of\n 744|what you already have proven that you\n 745|\n 746|150\n 747|00:02:30,670 --> 00:02:30,680\n 748|what you already have proven that you\n 749| \n 750|\n 751|151\n 752|00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,870\n 753|what you already have proven that you\n 754|can do. That work is not coming to you\n 755|\n 756|152\n 757|00:02:32,870 --> 00:02:32,880\n 758|can do. That work is not coming to you\n 759| \n 760|\n 761|153\n 762|00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,550\n 763|can do. That work is not coming to you\n 764|by default. The algorithm is never going\n 765|\n 766|154\n 767|00:02:35,550 --> 00:02:35,560\n 768|by default. The algorithm is never going\n 769| \n 770|\n 771|155\n 772|00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:37,790\n 773|by default. The algorithm is never going\n 774|to hand it to you. Your manager is not\n 775|\n 776|156\n 777|00:02:37,790 --> 00:02:37,800\n 778|to hand it to you. Your manager is not\n 779| \n 780|\n 781|157\n 782|00:02:37,800 --> 00:02:39,590\n 783|to hand it to you. Your manager is not\n 784|going to walk over to you and offer it\n 785|\n 786|158\n 787|00:02:39,590 --> 00:02:39,600\n 788|going to walk over to you and offer it\n 789| \n 790|\n 791|159\n 792|00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,430\n 793|going to walk over to you and offer it\n 794|unprompted. The company has no incentive\n 795|\n 796|160\n 797|00:02:42,430 --> 00:02:42,440\n 798|unprompted. The company has no incentive\n 799| \n 800|\n 801|161\n 802|00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,630\n 803|unprompted. The company has no incentive\n 804|to disrupt the situation that's already\n 805|\n 806|162\n 807|00:02:44,630 --> 00:02:44,640\n 808|to disrupt the situation that's already\n 809| \n 810|\n 811|163\n 812|00:02:44,640 --> 00:02:46,510\n 813|to disrupt the situation that's already\n 814|working for them. You're already being\n 815|\n 816|164\n 817|00:02:46,510 --> 00:02:46,520\n 818|working for them. You're already being\n 819| \n 820|\n 821|165\n 822|00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:48,070\n 823|working for them. You're already being\n 824|stretched doing a high volume of\n 825|\n 826|166\n 827|00:02:48,070 --> 00:02:48,080\n 828|stretched doing a high volume of\n 829| \n 830|\n 831|167\n 832|00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:49,710\n 833|stretched doing a high volume of\n 834|reliable work, and from their\n 835|\n 836|168\n 837|00:02:49,710 --> 00:02:49,720\n 838|reliable work, and from their\n 839| \n 840|\n 841|169\n 842|00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,150\n 843|reliable work, and from their\n 844|perspective, that's ideal.\n 845|\n 846|170\n 847|00:02:52,150 --> 00:02:52,160\n 848|perspective, that's ideal.\n 849| \n 850|\n 851|171\n 852|00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:53,990\n 853|perspective, that's ideal.\n 854|Why would they change that?\n 855|\n 856|172\n 857|00:02:53,990 --> 00:02:54,000\n 858|Why would they change that?\n 859| \n 860|\n 861|173\n 862|00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:56,070\n 863|Why would they change that?\n 864|They're not going to. You have to be the\n 865|\n 866|174\n 867|00:02:56,070 --> 00:02:56,080\n 868|They're not going to. You have to be the\n 869| \n 870|\n 871|175\n 872|00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,150\n 873|They're not going to. You have to be the\n 874|one that changes it. You have to be the\n 875|\n 876|176\n 877|00:02:58,150 --> 00:02:58,160\n 878|one that changes it. You have to be the\n 879| \n 880|\n 881|177\n 882|00:02:58,160 --> 00:02:59,910\n 883|one that changes it. You have to be the\n 884|one who starts the conversation and\n 885|\n 886|178\n 887|00:02:59,910 --> 00:02:59,920\n 888|one who starts the conversation and\n 889| \n 890|\n 891|179\n 892|00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:02,150\n 893|one who starts the conversation and\n 894|says, \"I need work that would actually\n 895|\n 896|180\n 897|00:03:02,150 --> 00:03:02,160\n 898|says, \"I need work that would actually\n 899| \n 900|\n 901|181\n 902|00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,630\n 903|says, \"I need work that would actually\n 904|grow me.\" Because if you don't, nothing\n 905|\n 906|182\n 907|00:03:04,630 --> 00:03:04,640\n 908|grow me.\" Because if you don't, nothing\n 909| \n 910|\n 911|183\n 912|00:03:04,640 --> 00:03:06,830\n 913|grow me.\" Because if you don't, nothing\n 914|will happen. You stay where you are,\n 915|\n 916|184\n 917|00:03:06,830 --> 00:03:06,840\n 918|will happen. You stay where you are,\n 919| \n 920|\n 921|185\n 922|00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:08,750\n 923|will happen. You stay where you are,\n 924|getting more of the same work until\n 925|\n 926|186\n 927|00:03:08,750 --> 00:03:08,760\n 928|getting more of the same work until\n 929| \n 930|\n 931|187\n 932|00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:10,190\n 933|getting more of the same work until\n 934|enough years pass that you stop\n 935|\n 936|188\n 937|00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:10,200\n 938|enough years pass that you stop\n 939| \n 940|\n 941|189\n 942|00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,750\n 943|enough years pass that you stop\n 944|believing that anything different is\n 945|\n 946|190\n 947|00:03:11,750 --> 00:03:11,760\n 948|believing that anything different is\n 949| \n 950|\n 951|191\n 952|00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:13,710\n 953|believing that anything different is\n 954|possible. I fell into this trap as a\n 955|\n 956|192\n 957|00:03:13,710 --> 00:03:13,720\n 958|possible. I fell into this trap as a\n 959| \n 960|\n 961|193\n 962|00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,070\n 963|possible. I fell into this trap as a\n 964|senior engineer at Amazon. I was doing\n 965|\n 966|194\n 967|00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:16,080\n 968|senior engineer at Amazon. I was doing\n 969| \n 970|\n 971|195\n 972|00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:18,229\n 973|senior engineer at Amazon. I was doing\n 974|well and getting strong reviews. But I\n 975|\n 976|196\n 977|00:03:18,229 --> 00:03:18,239\n 978|well and getting strong reviews. But I\n 979| \n 980|\n 981|197\n 982|00:03:18,239 --> 00:03:20,790\n 983|well and getting strong reviews. But I\n 984|wasn't growing. I was buried in project\n 985|\n 986|198\n 987|00:03:20,790 --> 00:03:20,800\n 988|wasn't growing. I was buried in project\n 989| \n 990|\n 991|199\n 992|00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,110\n 993|wasn't growing. I was buried in project\n 994|work that I already knew how to do. And\n 995|\n 996|200\n 997|00:03:23,110 --> 00:03:23,120\n 998|work that I already knew how to do. And\n 999| \n1000|\n1001|201\n1002|00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:24,750\n1003|work that I already knew how to do. And\n1004|when I finally went to my manager and\n1005|\n1006|202\n1007|00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:24,760\n1008|when I finally went to my manager and\n1009| \n1010|\n1011|203\n1012|00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,390\n1013|when I finally went to my manager and\n1014|asked scope, his first reaction wasn't\n1015|\n1016|204\n1017|00:03:27,390 --> 00:03:27,400\n1018|asked scope, his first reaction wasn't\n1019| \n1020|\n1021|205\n1022|00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:30,390\n1023|asked scope, his first reaction wasn't\n1024|excitement. It was, \"Steve, but you're\n1025|\n1026|206\n1027|00:03:30,390 --> 00:03:30,400\n1028|excitement. It was, \"Steve, but you're\n1029| \n1030|\n1031|207\n1032|00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:32,830\n1033|excitement. It was, \"Steve, but you're\n1034|doing so well where you are.\" That's the\n1035|\n1036|208\n1037|00:03:32,830 --> 00:03:32,840\n1038|doing so well where you are.\" That's the\n1039| \n1040|\n1041|209\n1042|00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:34,710\n1043|doing so well where you are.\" That's the\n1044|voice of the trap. That's what your\n1045|\n1046|210\n1047|00:03:34,710 --> 00:03:34,720\n1048|voice of the trap. That's what your\n1049| \n1050|\n1051|211\n1052|00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,670\n1053|voice of the trap. That's what your\n1054|company sounds like when it's benefiting\n1055|\n1056|212\n1057|00:03:36,670 --> 00:03:36,680\n1058|company sounds like when it's benefiting\n1059| \n1060|\n1061|213\n1062|00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,630\n1063|company sounds like when it's benefiting\n1064|from your stagnation. And this is why it\n1065|\n1066|214\n1067|00:03:38,630 --> 00:03:38,640\n1068|from your stagnation. And this is why it\n1069| \n1070|\n1071|215\n1072|00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,509\n1073|from your stagnation. 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Need read entire transcript. It's 4675 lines. We can parse via script to extract text, or read chunks. We need understand full transcript. The read tool truncated at 1087 lines. We can use python to clean SRT and output plain text; maybe then read full text. But read tool limit 20000 chars per call. Could read remaining lines. But full transcript likely >20k chars? File 85KB. Read tool reads up to 20000 chars. We may need multiple read calls with offsets, or use Python to compress/print summary. Better: run a Python script to convert SRT to a text file (removing duplicates, timecodes) and then read it in chunks. Or pipe through `sed` to extract text. Since SRT has many duplicate lines with whitespace-only entries; we need unique lines.\n\nNeed to read whole transcript to understand. We can use python to process and output condensed transcript to a file and then read. Let's do that. Command: python3 -c \"...\" to parse SRT and write /tmp/transcript.txt.\n\nThen read file in chunks if needed.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:37.451901Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":1045,"total_time_ms":2257,"input_tokens":10780,"output_tokens":643,"cache_read_tokens":18944,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.884914463452566,"tokens_per_sec":530.5280528052805}},{"message_id":"b3d1949c-4bc9-46ae-a2b0-c5aef26a2108","node_id":44,"role":"tool","content":"Output from command in shell 1ef2ff:\nWrote 468 lines, 17386 bytes to /var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi/transcript.txt\n\n\nExit code: 0","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:37.481446Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"ba797936-b387-43ee-a979-7335c98c27ae","node_id":46,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.read:7","name":"read","arguments":{"file_path":"/var/folders/d9/mzhyr7lx6xbf236j5ll9v_300000gn/T/tmp.aHg2JKVjMi/transcript.txt"}}],"thinking":"Now read transcript.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:38.043152Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":497,"total_time_ms":560,"input_tokens":751,"output_tokens":56,"cache_read_tokens":29696,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.125,"tokens_per_sec":888.8888888888888}},{"message_id":"d5359b3e-b245-4236-8f7f-a50133faaf9f","node_id":47,"role":"tool","content":"\n 1|Nobody is coming to save your career.\n 2|Not your manager, not your skip level,\n 3|not the company you've given the last\n 4|five years of your life to. The truth\n 5|is, in 2026, waiting to be noticed isn't\n 6|just low. It's dangerous to your career.\n 7|AI is compressing the value of the\n 8|comfortable work that you're doing right\n 9|now. The stuff that you're great at, the\n 10|stuff that makes you reliable, that's\n 11|exactly the stuff that's getting\n 12|automated first. Being a passenger in\n 13|your career you suggest means slow\n 14|growth.\n 15|Today, it means getting left behind. In\n 16|this video, I'm going to break down the\n 17|three truths that you need to accept to\n 18|take back control, so that by the end\n 19|you'll know exactly where you've been\n 20|handing over your career growth. And\n 21|what to do about it this week. The\n 22|fastest way to endanger your career is\n 23|to become reliable at low impact work.\n 24|You'll be rewarded with more of it until\n 25|you're replaced by the AI that was\n 26|trained on your priors. Now, I know some\n 27|of you are watching this thinking, \"I\n 28|don't care about climbing the ladder. I\n 29|like my job and where I'm at. I'm not\n 30|trying to be a VP.\" And that's fair.\n 31|Wanting more scope is a choice and not\n 32|an obligation. And if you built a life\n 33|that you genuinely like, I respect that.\n 34|But staying where you are is not the\n 35|same thing as being safe. The work that\n 36|you're doing today is the work that the\n 37|models are getting good at tomorrow. You\n 38|don't have to want a promotion to care\n 39|about this. You just have to want to\n 40|still have a job in five years. So,\n 41|whether you're trying to grow or trying\n 42|to hold your ground, the rest of this\n 43|video still applies. Because the person\n 44|who owns your career isn't your manager\n 45|and it isn't your company.\n 46|It's you. Here's what I want you to\n 47|understand about where you work. The\n 48|company is a simple machine. It's just\n 49|trying to maximize profit. It doesn't\n 50|love you. It doesn't hate you. It\n 51|doesn't care about your family. It's\n 52|running this naive algorithm. And the\n 53|algorithm looks like this. Add work to\n 54|your plate until you push back. If you\n 55|don't push back, add some more work. My\n 56|friend Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP,\n 57|says, \"It isn't evil. It's just\n 58|business.\" And he's right. The company\n 59|isn't trying to hurt you. It just\n 60|doesn't care if it does. So, the job of\n 61|managing your career falls squarely on\n 62|you. Nobody else is sitting there\n 63|thinking about whether you're growing.\n 64|Your manager has their own problems. The\n 65|company has its road map. The algorithm\n 66|just wants more output. None of those\n 67|things care about your trajectory.\n 68|You're the only one that can. Suppose\n 69|you've done the work of figuring out the\n 70|next step of your career, and you've\n 71|decided that what you need is bigger\n 72|scope, like a project that stretches\n 73|you. Something that would actually move\n 74|you forward instead of producing more of\n 75|what you already have proven that you\n 76|can do. That work is not coming to you\n 77|by default. The algorithm is never going\n 78|to hand it to you. Your manager is not\n 79|going to walk over to you and offer it\n 80|unprompted. The company has no incentive\n 81|to disrupt the situation that's already\n 82|working for them. You're already being\n 83|stretched doing a high volume of\n 84|reliable work, and from their\n 85|perspective, that's ideal.\n 86|Why would they change that?\n 87|They're not going to. You have to be the\n 88|one that changes it. You have to be the\n 89|one who starts the conversation and\n 90|says, \"I need work that would actually\n 91|grow me.\" Because if you don't, nothing\n 92|will happen. You stay where you are,\n 93|getting more of the same work until\n 94|enough years pass that you stop\n 95|believing that anything different is\n 96|possible. I fell into this trap as a\n 97|senior engineer at Amazon. I was doing\n 98|well and getting strong reviews. But I\n 99|wasn't growing. I was buried in project\n100|work that I already knew how to do. And\n101|when I finally went to my manager and\n102|asked scope, his first reaction wasn't\n103|excitement. It was, \"Steve, but you're\n104|doing so well where you are.\" That's the\n105|voice of the trap. That's what your\n106|company sounds like when it's benefiting\n107|from your stagnation. And this is why it\n108|matters more in 2026 than it ever has.\n109|The work that you're reliable at is the\n110|work that you're going to get replaced\n111|at. The work that you've mastered, the\n112|stuff that makes you reliable, that's\n113|exactly the work that AI is eating\n114|first. Five years ago, being stuck at\n115|your level meant that you still had slow\n116|growth. Now it means that you're\n117|accelerating getting laid off. If your\n118|whole value is built on doing what you\n119|already know how to do, that value is\n120|going down every quarter. The only work\n121|that still compounds is the work that\n122|scares you a little because that's the\n123|work that builds the taste judgment and\n124|experience the models don't have yet.\n125|So, if you want to grow, you have to be\n126|the one that makes things uncomfortable.\n127|Nobody at your company is going to do it\n128|for you. That's not a flaw in the\n129|system, that's the system working as\n130|intended. At this point, I've published\n131|nearly 500 videos and newsletters.\n132|That's a huge library of thinking on\n133|careers, promotions, leadership, and\n134|interviews. But I can't hold all of it\n135|in my head and I definitely can't track\n136|every new cycle and figure out in real\n137|time how my thinking connects to what's\n138|happening today.\n139|So, I built a custom agent in Notion\n140|that does it for me.\n141|Every morning, it scans the latest tech\n142|news, then goes through my entire\n143|content library, like my video\n144|transcripts, my newsletters, basically\n145|all of my context, and finds all of the\n146|connections.\n147|But it doesn't just tell me what I've\n148|already said, it gives me a brief for\n149|something new to create. A timely hook\n150|connecting to my thinking that I've\n151|already done.\n152|This is what was waiting for me this\n153|morning.\n154|There was a major AI service outage\n155|yesterday and the agent picked up on it.\n156|It connected the story to three things\n157|that I've already published. My\n158|newsletter about moving fast and\n159|breaking things, my video about\n160|normalizing engineering mistakes, and my\n161|piece on rubbernecking software\n162|accidents. Then it gave me a fresh\n163|angle.\n164|Reliability is now a career skill, not\n165|just an SRE thing. It even told me to\n166|publish today because the window short.\n167|I went from creating content once a week\n168|on a schedule to being able to jump on\n169|the right moment whenever it happens\n170|because the agent is always watching for\n171|those moments, even when I'm not.\n172|Try Custom Agents in Notion. The link is\n173|in the description. I built one more\n174|agent that's even more powerful. I'll\n175|show you that next time. The second\n176|thing that you need to accept is that\n177|your manager is not your career coach.\n178|They're not thinking about your growth\n179|right now. They're probably not going to\n180|be thinking about it tomorrow, either.\n181|And this isn't because they're a bad\n182|manager. It's because their incentives\n183|don't align there.\n184|Think about what your manager is\n185|actually measured on. They have a road\n186|map to deliver. They have their own boss\n187|asking why things are behind schedule.\n188|In a lot of companies, they're being\n189|stack ranked against other managers,\n190|which means that they spend more time\n191|thinking about how they don't come off\n192|as an underperformer.\n193|On top of all of that, team sizes are\n194|getting bigger. A lot of companies are\n195|using AI efficiency gains as a reason to\n196|reorg and flatten the org chart, which\n197|means that your manager now has more\n198|direct reports than they did a year ago,\n199|with the same amount of time in a week.\n200|By default, your manager is more focused\n201|on managing people out than they are on\n202|growing anyone's career. Again, it's not\n203|evil. It's just the reality of being a\n204|software manager today. That's the\n205|situation they find themselves in. So,\n206|if your manager is the kind of person\n207|who initiates the career growth\n208|conversation on their own, without you\n209|bringing it up, consider yourself lucky.\n210|Genuinely very lucky. Most people don't\n211|have that manager. Most people have a\n212|manager who's busy, who's stressed, and\n213|who's running a quiet calculation in\n214|their head about who on the team is a\n215|problem. If you aren't that a problem,\n216|you fall into the background of their\n217|attention. I had Gergely Orosz on my\n218|podcast last year. A lot of you know him\n219|from the Pragmatic Engineer newsletter.\n220|He was a principal engineer, became a\n221|manager, and then went back to becoming\n222|a principal engineer.\n223|When he first became a manager, he came\n224|in wanting to do this the right way. He\n225|built a personal growth plan for every\n226|single person on his team. These were\n227|real career plans tailored to each\n228|person, and they took a lot of time and\n229|effort. And then he actually talked to\n230|his reports. What he found was that\n231|about 25% of them actively wanted to\n232|grow their careers. The other 75% were\n233|happy where they were. They liked their\n234|level, they liked their work, and they\n235|weren't looking for more scope. So,\n236|Gergely made a rule for himself. If\n237|someone didn't come to him with career\n238|growth as a goal, he wasn't going to\n239|build a plan for them. He still cared,\n240|he just had a limited amount of manager\n241|time, and spending it on career plans\n242|for people who didn't want one was\n243|wasting his energy and wasting theirs. I\n244|think about this story a lot because\n245|Gergely was an unusually thoughtful\n246|manager. He came in wanting to do more\n247|for his people, not less. And even he\n248|landed on, \"I'm only going to coach the\n249|people who ask for it.\" If that's where\n250|Gergely ends up, imagine where the\n251|average manager ends up. If you've never\n252|told your manager you want to grow,\n253|their default assumption is that you\n254|don't. They can't read your mind. They\n255|don't know if you're gunning for the\n256|next level or perfectly content where\n257|you are. And from what Gergely saw,\n258|three out of four people on their team\n259|really are content. So, unless you tell\n260|them otherwise, that's the bucket they\n261|put you in. And once they think that\n262|you're in that bucket, why would they\n263|hand you that uncomfortable stretch\n264|project? Why would they go to bat for\n265|you with their own boss for a promotion\n266|that you never asked for?\n267|Your manager is not your career coach,\n268|but they are the single most powerful\n269|resource that you have for growing your\n270|career. They know what the next level\n271|looks like at the company. They know\n272|what projects are coming. They can\n273|advocate for you in rooms that you'll\n274|never be in. All of that is available to\n275|you, but none of it activates until you\n276|tell them what you want. An unactivated\n277|manager is just your boss. An activated\n278|manager is the person who opens doors\n279|you didn't know existed. Here's how to\n280|do it. In your next one-on-one, tell\n281|them what you actually want. And what\n282|you want might not be a promotion. Maybe\n283|you want an exceeds expectation on your\n284|next review. Maybe you want to meet\n285|expectations when you've been struggling\n286|to.\n287|Maybe you want a promotion, but not this\n288|cycle, the one after.\n289|Maybe you just want harder work.\n290|Whatever it is, say it out loud. It can\n291|be as simple as \"I just wanted to let\n292|you know that I'm trying to grow in my\n293|career, and here's specifically what I\n294|think that looks like for me this year.\"\n295|And then fill in the blank.\n296|\"I want to be rated exceeds this cycle.\n297|I want to be on track for the next level\n298|in 18 months.\n299|I want to take on a project that's above\n300|my current scope.\" One sentence that\n301|tells your manager where you're trying\n302|to go.\n303|You shouldn't go in demanding anything.\n304|You're giving them the information they\n305|need to help you, which they couldn't do\n306|before because they didn't know. Quick\n307|aside, if this kind of script is useful\n308|to you, I've got a lot more of them. I\n309|run a coaching program called Top Tier\n310|where me and my team work with ambitious\n311|tech professionals on exactly this.\n312|How to have the tough conversations, how\n313|to find scope, and how to package your\n314|work so it actually gets seen.\n315|If speaking to a principal engineer\n316|regularly sounds like something that\n317|would help grow your career, the link is\n318|in the description. The conversation\n319|itself will feel less awkward than you\n320|think. The hard part is sitting down to\n321|have it. Once you've had it, it stops\n322|being a conversation and starts being\n323|the new baseline. Your manager now knows\n324|what you want. That has to be step one.\n325|The third thing that you need to accept\n326|is that if the things that you want\n327|aren't happening, you are still not a\n328|victim. I'm going to be a little blunt\n329|here because this is the part that\n330|honestly bothers me. A lot of people in\n331|tech are walking around right now angry\n332|that their careers aren't moving. Their\n333|manager didn't advocate for them. The\n334|good projects go to people that play\n335|politics. Their company passed them\n336|over. The reorg killed their project.\n337|The economy is bad. AI is taking their\n338|scope. And all of these things are true,\n339|but they're also completely besides the\n340|point. Because here's what's also true.\n341|You can change teams. You can change\n342|managers. You can change companies. You\n343|can change industries. You can move to a\n344|different city. You can start your own\n345|startup. At any point in your career.\n346|You have more options than you're\n347|currently using. And if you're sitting\n348|in a spot where things aren't moving and\n349|you haven't exercised any of these\n350|options, then the person responsible for\n351|that stall is you.\n352|Nobody else cares about your career\n353|growth. You are the project manager of\n354|your career. That means you set the\n355|goal, you track the progress, you\n356|identify the blockers. You escalate when\n357|something is stuck. And when a blocker\n358|isn't going to move, you route around\n359|it. Suppose you try to activate your\n360|manager. You ask for the work that would\n361|grow you. You do a great job on the work\n362|that you already have. And after all\n363|that, your manager says, \"Let's wait\n364|another 6 months. Something might pop\n365|up.\" But you've been waiting for 2 years\n366|and heard the same line. If, after all\n367|of that, the opportunities aren't coming\n368|to you, your job is to go make them\n369|happen somewhere else. People want the\n370|growth, but they don't want to do any of\n371|the uncomfortable things that it\n372|requires. They want the new scope, but\n373|not the awkward conversation with their\n374|manager. They want the promotion, but\n375|not the risk of switching teams. They\n376|want the big career, but not the\n377|discomfort of leaving a team they like\n378|or moving to a new city. What you're\n379|doing when you do that is bargaining\n380|with the universe on price. You want the\n381|thing, but you want it on your terms.\n382|But the universe doesn't haggle or\n383|negotiate. The price of career growth is\n384|action. If it's not happening on its\n385|own, that's uncomfortable action. That's\n386|it. That's the price.\n387|And if you're not willing to pay it,\n388|then the honest answer is you didn't\n389|really want the thing. Anybody can have\n390|career growth. It's just a question of\n391|whether you're willing to do the\n392|uncomfortable things to get there. A few\n393|years before I made principal at Amazon,\n394|I had the worst manager I've ever had.\n395|He wasn't a nice guy who was busy. He\n396|wasn't a decent manager who missed\n397|things. He was the actual worst. I was\n398|up for promotion, and I reminded him\n399|about the submission deadlines over and\n400|over. Every week, he let them pass\n401|anyways. When the cycle closed, he just\n402|didn't submit the packet. That was it.\n403|No promotion that year. I had to wait\n404|another 6 months. I should have left the\n405|team. I should have moved immediately\n406|because if your manager won't even\n407|submit the paperwork for your promotion\n408|after you've reminded him 15 times,\n409|that's not a solvable problem. That's a\n410|signal from the universe that you are in\n411|the wrong place.\n412|But I didn't leave. I liked the rest of\n413|the team. I liked the product. The pay\n414|was fine. So I stayed and I told myself\n415|I'd just try to remind him harder the\n416|next time. What actually saved me was a\n417|reorg nearly 2 years later. Someone else\n418|moved me to another manager that got me\n419|back on track. It worked out, but it\n420|shouldn't have worked out because of\n421|luck. Should have worked out because I\n422|moved. Those were years of my career\n423|I'll never get back. If I could go back\n424|to 2015 and grab my own shoulders and\n425|shake them, this is what I'd say to\n426|myself. Steve, you have control over\n427|your career. Stop waiting for something\n428|to happen. Make it happen.\n429|Here's a small exercise to see where you\n430|are. Finish these two sentences in your\n431|head right now. Sentence one,\n432|my career goal is blank. It has to be a\n433|specific thing.\n434|I want to be a senior engineer. I want\n435|to be a staff engineer. I want to be\n436|making double my salary at a big tech\n437|company. Something concrete enough that\n438|you'd know whether you got there or not.\n439|Sentence two,\n440|in the next 12 months, I'm going to make\n441|progress toward this by blank.\n442|This should again be something specific.\n443|By leading the migration project. By\n444|up-leveling myself for an in-demand\n445|skill that people are hiring for.\n446|By moving to a team where the work\n447|actually matches where I'm trying to go.\n448|If you can fill in both blanks with\n449|something real, then you're running your\n450|career.\n451|If the second sentence honestly sounds\n452|more like, by keeping my head down and\n453|hoping someone notices, you're not.\n454|That's okay. Most people aren't, but now\n455|you know, and you can think about what\n456|to do next and then make it happen.\n457|Nobody is coming to save your career.\n458|That's the bad news. The good news is\n459|that nobody needs to because you are\n460|fully capable of saving it yourself.\n461|Today is a good day to start. A lot of\n462|this video assumes that you're seen as a\n463|high performer. If you aren't quite\n464|there yet, take a look at this video on\n465|how to be seen as one without burning\n466|the candle on both ends. Turns out that\n467|perception is much more important than\n468|the raw effort that you put in.\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:38.056185Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"df3d5e5d-0935-4250-9435-60dbd72a0daf","node_id":49,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.todo_write:8","name":"todo_write","arguments":{"todos":[{"content":"Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video","status":"completed"},{"content":"Read and understand the full transcript","status":"completed"},{"content":"Produce a concise summary of the video","status":"in_progress"}]}}],"thinking":"Now we have full transcript. Need understand and summarize. Mark todos accordingly.\n\nRead and understand full transcript: done. Need produce summary.\n\nWe can summarize in own words. Also mention sponsor/ad segments? The Notion custom agent ad in middle, Top Tier coaching ad. Need mention if relevant. But user likely wants summary of content. Provide concise summary, key points, maybe actionable takeaways. The title: \"Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career\". It discusses three truths. Let's craft.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:39.127359Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":742,"total_time_ms":1070,"input_tokens":5425,"output_tokens":175,"cache_read_tokens":30336,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.8742857142857143,"tokens_per_sec":533.5365853658537}},{"message_id":"f294f432-790c-4b96-9f69-95577c98696c","node_id":50,"role":"tool","content":"Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable\nCurrent todo list:\n1. [x] Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video [completed]\n2. [x] Read and understand the full transcript [completed]\n3. [~] Produce a concise summary of the video [in_progress]\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:39.128358Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"6e1656ab-c570-454b-82c9-8d346e9b4f4b","node_id":52,"role":"assistant","content":"","tool_calls":[{"id":"functions.todo_write:9","name":"todo_write","arguments":{"todos":[{"content":"Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video","status":"completed"},{"content":"Read and understand the full transcript","status":"completed"},{"content":"Produce a concise summary of the video","status":"completed"}]}}],"thinking":"Need respond with summary. Use citations? Since transcript in temp file not repo. But maybe reference file path. But instructions say use only for files. We can reference transcript path. However, summary doesn't require file references. We can mention we pulled the auto-generated captions.\n\nWe should include title, central thesis, the three truths, supporting anecdotes, ad content mention? Also the exercise at end. Provide final summary. Then mark todo complete.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:40.009958Z","finish_reason":"tool_calls","metrics":{"ttft_ms":697,"total_time_ms":879,"input_tokens":324,"output_tokens":168,"cache_read_tokens":35712,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":1.0833333333333333,"tokens_per_sec":923.0769230769231}},{"message_id":"41c5dce0-9a25-409b-b9a8-d1a6f431ff13","node_id":53,"role":"tool","content":"Todos have been modified successfully. Ensure that you continue to use the todo list to track your progress. Please proceed with the current tasks if applicable\nCurrent todo list:\n1. [x] Extract auto-generated captions/transcript from the YouTube video [completed]\n2. [x] Read and understand the full transcript [completed]\n3. [x] Produce a concise summary of the video [completed]\n","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:40.011940Z","finish_reason":null,"metrics":null},{"message_id":"f81732bb-a0ac-44b2-85b4-6c82aedc9c1f","node_id":55,"role":"assistant","content":"Here’s a summary of the video **\"Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career\"** based on the auto-generated captions I pulled.\n\n## Core argument\nIn 2026, passively waiting to be noticed is a career risk. The work you’re already great at — the reliable, repetitive stuff — is exactly what AI is automating first. The company, your manager, and your skip-level are not going to rescue your growth. Career ownership is on you.\n\n## The three truths\n\n1. **Your company is not your friend; it’s an algorithm.** \n A company’s goal is profit maximization. It will keep loading work onto your plate until you push back. It has no incentive to hand you a stretch project when you’re already doing reliable work well. If you want bigger scope, you have to ask for it — unprompted offers are rare. The speaker shares his own trap at Amazon: strong reviews, but no growth, and his manager’s first reaction to a scope request was, *“Steve, but you’re doing so well where you are.”*\n\n2. **Your manager is not your career coach.** \n Most managers are overloaded, focused on delivery, and often stack-ranked themselves. They default to managing problems, not proactively growing everyone. Citing Gergely Orosz, the speaker notes that even a thoughtful manager may only coach people who explicitly ask for it — so if you haven’t stated your goals, your manager likely assumes you’re content. The fix: in your next 1:1, say exactly what you want — a promotion timeline, an “exceeds” rating, or harder work. That activates your manager as a resource.\n\n3. **If growth isn’t happening, you’re not a victim — you have options.** \n You can change teams, managers, companies, cities, or start a company. If you’ve tried to activate your manager and still hear “let’s wait six months” for years, the right move is to route around the blocker. The price of career growth is uncomfortable action. The speaker’s worst manager repeatedly missed promotion deadlines; staying was a mistake — a later reorg saved him only by luck.\n\n## Closing exercise\nFinish two sentences:\n\n- *My career goal is ___.* (concrete)\n- *In the next 12 months, I’m going to make progress by ___.* (specific action)\n\nIf the second blank is “keep my head down and hope someone notices,” you’re not running your career yet — but you can start today.\n\nThe video also includes sponsor/promotion mentions for a Notion custom agent the speaker built and his “Top Tier” coaching program.","tool_calls":[],"thinking":"Now craft final answer. No need to name session; we didn't name. We can say:\n\"Nobody Is Coming to Save Your Career\" — summary.\n- Thesis: waiting to be noticed is dangerous, especially 2026 AI automating reliable work. Career ownership is on you.\n- Truth 1: The company is a profit-maximizing machine, not your friend. It keeps adding work until you push back; it won't hand you growth. You need to ask for stretch/scope.\n- Truth 2: Your manager is not your career coach. They're busy, measured on delivery, and often assume you're content unless you say otherwise. Activate them by stating your goal in 1:1.\n- Truth 3: You're not a victim. If growth isn't happening, exercise options: change teams, companies, cities, start a startup. Price of growth is uncomfortable action. Anecdote: worst manager didn't submit promo packet; should have moved.\n- Exercise: \"My career goal is ___\" and \"In next 12 months I'm going to ___.\" If second blank is hope, not running career.\n- Mention sponsor/ads: Notion custom agents for content research, Top Tier coaching program, related video.\n\nKeep concise, direct. Use markdown. Mention transcript came from auto captions.","created_at":"2026-07-09T06:47:42.246889Z","finish_reason":"stop","metrics":{"ttft_ms":477,"total_time_ms":2230,"input_tokens":335,"output_tokens":810,"cache_read_tokens":35968,"cache_creation_tokens":null,"tpot_ms":2.1641975308641976,"tokens_per_sec":462.0650313747861}}]}