[koe123]

I enjoy using AI loads. Yet I would be keen to see numbers on actual productivity increases. This reads as yet another datapoint similar to what I’ve experienced: maybe code was the bottleneck at some point, maybe now it isn’t but in my lived experience the bottleneck has simply shifted. Its easy to create “more” but to actually hit the business goals… I don’t see a 2x TRUE productivity boost in anyone in my company.

Please feel free to disagree with me! I am keen to hear more anecdotes to get more datapoints.

[et1337]

This is the most interesting study I’ve seen: https://unessays.substack.com/p/talk-is-cheap

Funny enough, it basically says the exact same thing about software engineering that TFA says about science:

  First - developer level productivity has improved
  …
  Second - overall system flow has slowed down at every step

[koe123]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.