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Re:The Future of Software Development Is Software Developers by photios on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @03:15AM (#46430791)
Ok, let's say the 20 devs claim is false [1]. What if it's 2? I'd still learn and use the tech. Wouldn't you?

[1] I actually think it might be true for certain kinds of jobs.

Re:The Future of Software Development Is Software Developers by bloppe on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @03:36AM (#46430916)
It's not 20 and it's not 2. It's not a person. It's a tool. It can make a person 100x more effective at certain specific things. It can make them 50% less effective at other things. I think, for most people and most things, it might be like a 25% performance boost, amortized over all (impactful) projects and time, but nobody can hope to quantify that with any degree of credibility yet.
Re:The Future of Software Development Is Software Developers by andrekandre on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @02:17PM (#46436852)

  > but nobody can hope to quantify that with any degree of credibility yet
i'd like to think if it was really good, we would see product quality improve over time; iow less reported bugs, less support incidents, increased sign-ups etc, that could easily be quantified no?
Re:The Future of Software Development Is Software Developers by BirdieNZ on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @03:23AM (#46430837)
Jevon's Paradox: more software will be produced, rather than fewer software engineers being employed.