Superpowers vs Compound Engineering: is the 'vs' even real?

TL;DR — Superpowers and Compound Engineering aren't competitors. They're optimised for different worlds. Superpowers is gold for mature codebases with established methodology (TDD shops, large legacy systems, teams enforcing standards). Compound Engineering is gold for early-stage products where one person owns a feature end-to-end . Pick by what your codebase looks like , not by which README sounds shinier. If you've spent any time in the Claude Code plugin ecosystem in the last few months, you