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Re:OpenAI Codex by throwaway128327 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:08PM (#28132875)
but does it really matter, if 20x is 1 week instead of 2 hours?

are startups really that shallow?

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Re:OpenAI Codex by motoxpro on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:14PM (#28132952)
1/20th of the time? That's kind of a big deal.
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Re:OpenAI Codex by throwaway128327 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:22PM (#28133038)
i think the 1/20th of the time was mentioned was only at start, i dont think you will gain a lot after that as the spaghetti AI will come to collect.

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Re:OpenAI Codex by qayxc on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:35PM (#28133184)
That depends: https://xkcd.com/1205/

A one-time setup is perfectly OK to take a few days, especially if afterwards you have a documented process that allows you to modify and improve the result.

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