# Gergely Orosz reports an engineer's mandate to generate 30K LOC daily

> Original title: Bryan is too nice:

- Source: Gergely Orosz
- Published: 2026-11-05T22:50:21.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/l07nazrxr1jf4dlthazlg1t1h
- Original: https://x.com/GergelyOrosz/status/2118476036543246834

## Summary

Gergely Orosz says a developer he met after The Pragmatic Engineer Unplugged has a mandate to generate 30K lines of code per day, and he is looking to reconnect with that engineer. Bryan Cantrill, who also spoke with the engineer, says he wishes he had asked more about the situation and asks anyone suffering under similar LLM-use mandates to get in touch.

## Post

Bryan is too nice:

He is looking to reconnect with the engineer he talked with after The Pragmatic Engineer Unplugged, which dev has a mandate to generate 30K LOC per day (!!)

Yes, that expectation is wild and weird. 

(If you’re that dev, or in similar shoes. , DM him!)

## Quoted post @bcantrill

> Really loved this event with @GergelyOrosz! If you were there, can I ask your help on something small?
> 
> As often happens at these kind of events, I ended up with a pack of folks afterwards talking about various things. After we had been discharged onto the street, an early-career engineer asked me for some professional advice: he is trying to navigate in an org with crushing LLM-use mandates -- and a daily LOC expectation. And (if I heard this correctly?!) he said that they had a mandate on the order of 30K lines per day (!!).
> 
> He was asking my advice on how to improve this situation, and I think my advice wasn't too helpful (namely, that he should ally himself with like-minded engineers -- and with the finance folks who are presumably looking at a jaw-dropping AI bill).
> 
> Upon further reflection, I wish I had asked a bunch more follow-up questions about his situation, because the 30K/day is so BONKERS (also, DID I hear him correctly?!).
> 
> Is there anyone who was there who can help connect me to him? (I think I know his employer -- but only because someone said it after he left.)
> 
> Alternatively, if you are suffering under similar LLM mandates, let me know -- I'd like to be in a position to offer better advice than "this too shall pass".
> 
> DMs are open -- and thanks!

https://x.com/bcantrill/status/2118424767967748538