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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by jmalicki on Sunday March 22, 2026 @02:45PM (#47480706)
"I also encounter edge cases where they fail surprisingly badly multiple times per day. "

If 80% of the time they 10x my output, and the other 20% I can say "well they failed, I guess this one I have to do manually" - that's still an absolutely massive productivity boost.

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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by maccard on Sunday March 22, 2026 @03:57PM (#47481460)
But they don’t 10x my output - they write some code for a problem I/you have already thought about. The hard part isn’t writing the code, it never has been. It’s always been solving and breaking down the problem.
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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by jmalicki on Sunday March 22, 2026 @04:18PM (#47481704)
It's not the hard part, just the tedious part that takes the most time.
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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by fxtentacle on Tuesday March 24, 2026 @12:52AM (#47498718)
I can typically type faster than I can think.
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