New Delhi, March 6 -- An xAI techie's 19-hour shift broke the Internet into a debate on work-life balance and how long hours of work are a "set recipe for burnout". However, the techie, Giri Kuncoro, wasn't complaining.

In a post on X, Kuncoro shared that he had his longest workday at Elon Musk's AI firm on Thursday. The techie was more than elated to put in those extra hours and said he "never felt more alive".

"It's 5:30 am. Just closed my laptop after 19 hours of work today-my longest at xAI so far. I've never felt more alive," he wrote on X.

Kuncoro's dedicated hours served as a reminder of his boss, Elon Musk's "extremely hardcore" approach to work. Musk is a believer of long work-hours, and had once said "nobody ever changed the ...