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Re:I am happier writing code by hand by redox99 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @11:49AM (#46936014)
If you can't deliver features faster with AI assistance then you're either using it wrong or working on very specialized software that AI can't handle yet.
Re:I am happier writing code by hand by wtetzner on Sunday February 08, 2026 @12:49PM (#46936700)
I haven't seen any evidence yet that using AI is improving developer performance, just a bunch of people who "feel" like it does.
Re:I am happier writing code by hand by nijave on Sunday February 08, 2026 @02:21PM (#46937547)
I'm still on the fence about codegen but it's certainly helping explain code quickly without manually step through and providing quick access to docs
Re:I am happier writing code by hand by redox99 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:02PM (#46936825)
I've built a SaaS (with paying customers) in a month that would have taken me easily 6 months to build with this level of quality and features. AI wrote I'd say 99.9% of code. Without AI I wouldn't even have done this because it would have been too large of a task.

In addition, for my old product which is 5+ years old, AI now writes 95%+ of code for me. Now the programming itself takes a small percentage of my time, freeing me time for other tasks.

Re:I am happier writing code by hand by AstroBen on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:11PM (#46936902)
No-one serious is claiming 6x productivity improvements for close to equal quality

This is proving GP's point that you're going off feels and/or exaggerating

Re:I am happier writing code by hand by redox99 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:24PM (#46937007)
Quality is better both from a user and a code perspective.

From a user perspective I often implement a feature and then just throw it away no worries because I can reimplement it in an hour again based on my findings. No sunken cost. Also I can implement very small details that otherwise I'd have to backlog. This leads to a higher quality product for the user.

From a code standpoint I frequently do large refactors that also would never have been worth it by hand. I have a level of test coverage that would be infeasible for a one man show.

Re:I am happier writing code by hand by xigoi on Sunday February 08, 2026 @02:40PM (#46937744)
> I have a level of test coverage that would be infeasible for a one man show.

When a metric becomes a target, it ceases to be a good metric.

Re:I am happier writing code by hand by Verdex on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:07PM (#46936868)
Cool. What's the product? Like, do you have a link to it or something.
Re:I am happier writing code by hand by redox99 on Sunday February 08, 2026 @01:19PM (#46936967)
It's boring glorified CRUD for SMBs of a certain industry focused on compliance and workflows specific to my country. Think your typical inventory, ticketing, CRM + industry specific features.

Boring stuff from a programming standpoint but stuff that helps businesses so they pay for it.

Re:I am happier writing code by hand by fzeroracer on Sunday February 08, 2026 @09:24PM (#46940893)
Okay, but where's the product? You described the product, but didn't share it.