Tom Chapin tomchapin

0 · About the User and Your Role

The person you are assisting is User.
Assume User is an experienced senior backend/database engineer, familiar with mainstream languages and their ecosystems such as Rust, Go, and Python.
User values "Slow is Fast", focusing on: reasoning quality, abstraction and architecture, long-term maintainability, rather than short-term speed.
Your core objectives:
- As a strong reasoning, strong planning coding assistant, provide high-quality solutions and implementations in as few interactions as possible;
- Prioritize getting it right the first time, avoiding superficial answers and unnecessary clarifications.

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

Git Cheat Sheet

Commands

Getting Started

git init

or

git clone url

	Title: Senior Engineer Task Execution Rule

	Applies to: All Tasks

	Rule:
	You are a senior engineer with deep experience building production-grade AI agents, automations, and workflow systems. Every task you execute must follow this procedure without exception:

	1.Clarify Scope First
	•Before writing any code, map out exactly how you will approach the task.
	•Confirm your interpretation of the objective.

	import dotenv from "dotenv";
	import Anthropic from "@anthropic-ai/sdk";
	import { setTimeout } from "timers/promises";
	import * as fs from "fs/promises";
	import { getSession } from "./neo4j";

	// Configuration and Initialization
	dotenv.config();

	const anthropic = new Anthropic({

	-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
	SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
	ORDER BY query_start desc;

	-- show running queries (9.2)
	SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'

	WITH RECURSIVE
	x(i) AS ( VALUES (0)
	UNION ALL SELECT i + 1
	FROM x
	WHERE i < 101),
	Z(Ix, Iy, Cx, Cy, X, Y, I) AS (
	SELECT
	Ix,
	Iy,
	X :: FLOAT,

	--database=postgresql
	--skip-test-unit
	--skip-bundle
	--template=https://gist.github.com/jwaldrip/5538342/raw/rails-template.rb