Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a bit last few weeks

Re:Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a b... by apercu on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @11:25AM (#46797479)

I agree, and we might be seeing this but there is so much noise, so many other factors, and we're in the midst of capital re-asserting control after a temporary loss of leverage which might also be part of a productivity boost (people are scared so they are working harder).

The issue is that I'm not a professional financial analyst and I can't spend all day on comps so I can't tell through the noise yet if we're seeing even 2x related to AI.

But, if we're seeing 10x, I'd be finding it in the financials. Hell, a blind squirrel would, and it's simply not there.

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Re:Karpathy: A few random notes from Claude coding quite a b... by sarchertech on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @04:31PM (#46801831)

Yes, I think there many issues in a big company that could hide a 2x productivity increase for a little while. But I'd expect it to be very visible in small companies and projects. Looking at things like number of games released on steam, new products launched on new product sites, or issues fixed on popular open source repos, you'd expect a 2x bump to be visible.

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