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by saltyoldman 258 days ago
This is what I've seen as well - in the past a large refactor for a codebase like that seemed nearly impossible. Now doing something like "add type hints" in python or "convert from js to ts" is possible in a few days instead of months to never.

Another HUGE one is terraforming our entire stack. It's gone from nearly impossible to achievable with AI.