From d0645830ca5772c064c96feba33c39a0e7d59933 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Garry Tan Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:10:37 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] docs: run rate vs year-to-date throughput comparison MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Two separate numbers in the README hero: - Run rate: ~700× (9,859 logical lines/day in 2026 vs 14/day in 2013) - Year-to-date: 207× (2026 through April 18 already exceeds 2013 full year by 207×) Previous "207× pro-rata" framing mixed full-year 2013 vs partial-year 2026. Run rate is the apples-to-apples normalization; YTD is the "already produced" total. Both are honest; both are compelling; they measure different things. Analysis at ~/throughput-analysis-2026-04-18.md (local-only). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c9101649..21f79fb9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ When I heard Karpathy say this, I wanted to find out how. How does one person sh I'm [Garry Tan](https://x.com/garrytan), President & CEO of [Y Combinator](https://www.ycombinator.com/). I've worked with thousands of startups — Coinbase, Instacart, Rippling — when they were one or two people in a garage. Before YC, I was one of the first eng/PM/designers at Palantir, cofounded Posterous (sold to Twitter), and built Bookface, YC's internal social network. -**gstack is my answer.** I've been building products for twenty years, and right now I'm shipping more products than I ever have. In the last 60 days: 3 production services, 40+ shipped features, part-time, while running YC full-time. On logical code change — not raw LOC, which AI inflates — my 2026 output is **207×** my 2013 output pro-rata, measured across 41 public + private `garrytan/*` repos (including Bookface from 2013). AI wrote most of it. The point isn't who typed it, it's what shipped. +**gstack is my answer.** I've been building products for twenty years, and right now I'm shipping more products than I ever have. In the last 60 days: 3 production services, 40+ shipped features, part-time, while running YC full-time. On logical code change — not raw LOC, which AI inflates — my 2026 run rate is **~700× my 2013 pace** (9,859 vs 14 logical lines/day). Year-to-date (through April 18), 2026 has already produced **207× the entire 2013 year**. Measured across 41 public + private `garrytan/*` repos including Bookface. AI wrote most of it. The point isn't who typed it, it's what shipped. **2026 — 1,237 contributions and counting:**