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Re:Only three kinds of AI products work by adastra22 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @01:33PM (#45947271)
Agentic tools is already delivering an increase in productivity equivalent to many FTEs. I say this as someone in the position of having to hire coders and needing far fewer than we otherwise would have.
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Re:Only three kinds of AI products work by ZeroConcerns on Sunday November 16, 2025 @01:44PM (#45947349)
Well, yeah, as they say on Wikipedia: {{Citation Needed}}

Can AI-as-it-currently-is save FTEs? Sure: but, again, there's a template for that: {{How Many}} -- 1% of your org chart? 10%? In my case it's around 0.5% right now.

Or, to reframe it a bit: can AI pay Sam A's salary? Sure! His stock options? Doubtful. His future plans? Heck nah!

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Re:Only three kinds of AI products work by adastra22 on Sunday November 16, 2025 @02:56PM (#45947904)
400-800%. That is to say, I am hiring 4x-8x fewer developers for the same total output (measured in burn down progress, not AI-biased metrics like kLOC).
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