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by Wheatman 593 days ago
My guess is that they counted each line of code made by an engineer using AI coding tools.

Besides, even google employees write a lot of boilerplate, especially android IIRC, not to mention simple but essential code, so AI can prevent carpal tunnel for the junior devs working on that.
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zifpanachr23 593 days ago
Roughly only one quarter (assuming they are outputting similar amounts of code as non AI using engineers) of engineers actually using AI regularly for coding is a statistic that is actually believable to me based on my own experience. A lot of small teams have their "AI guy" who has drunk the kool aid, but it's not as widespread as HackerNews would make you think.
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chrisjj 593 days ago
> My guess is that they counted each line of code made by an engineer using AI coding tools.

... and forgot to count the Delete presses.

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