If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or build better products?

Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by saulpw on Sunday March 22, 2026 @06:41PM (#47483035)

It's not unusual for my initial output (as a programmer) not to compile either. I wouldn't say I "failed" if I can then get it to compile. Which as people are saying, is what happens with Claude Code and Opus, either automatically or at most when I say "get it to compile".

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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by maccard on Sunday March 22, 2026 @07:30PM (#47483489)

But when it doesn’t compile for me, I don’t claim it’s finished.

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Re:If AI brings 90% productivity gains, do you fire devs or ... by saulpw on Monday March 23, 2026 @01:22PM (#47492424)

Something is really wrong with your setup and I can't tell what it is from these high-level descriptions. Would you be willing to hop on a videochat and walk through this simple case? I'd be really curious to figure out what's going on, it's pretty atypical.

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