Re:I'm going back to writing code by hand
by insane_dreamer on Monday May 11, 2026 @12:34PM
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> You are in charge.
Sure. That's how I work with AI, and the way I believe that AI is meant to be use -- as a companion tool.
But it's a lot of work. It saves me time for certain tasks, but not others. I haven't measured my productivity gains, but they're at most 2x.
But that's not "vibe coding" (which was the point of the article) or the (false) promise of "10x productivity" and "code that writes itself" that companies are being told is going to reduce their engineering headcount tenfold.
Sure. That's how I work with AI, and the way I believe that AI is meant to be use -- as a companion tool.
But it's a lot of work. It saves me time for certain tasks, but not others. I haven't measured my productivity gains, but they're at most 2x.
But that's not "vibe coding" (which was the point of the article) or the (false) promise of "10x productivity" and "code that writes itself" that companies are being told is going to reduce their engineering headcount tenfold.