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by Glyptodon 394 days ago
I find it very hit or miss, but I definitely use it. I just don't think it's making vastly more productive yet, maybe 30%. I do think it will get good enough that my job may turn into 80% writing tickets or refining tickets for AI "engineers" and 20% fixing/debugging issues with AI output. But not there yet, and still don't think it will be trustworthy enough to let loose without someone technical in the loop doing that review/fixing. But that might be enough to make one generalist CRUD engineer into the equivalent of a team of 4 or 5 in a couple years.

I kind of see it replacing outsourcing, not mid level + engineers so far. But expect to lead to making mid level + about as productive as a small team.