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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by johnnyanmac on Saturday May 16, 2026 @08:02PM (#48164904)
An engineer doesn't care about how fast something is made (at least, not as a primary metric engineering). A salesman cares about how fast they can push to market.

It's clear HN is a bastion of salesmen who happen to have "engineer" in their work title. But the mentality towards actual engineering makes it clear they are primarily salesmen.

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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by simonh on Sunday May 17, 2026 @02:21AM (#48166484)
> An engineer doesn't care about how fast something is made

That is absurd, these are tools only my own team use. Why would I not care whether I had them in a month or two, or fur many of these tools quite possibly never because we don’t have the spare capacity for how long it would take without AI?

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Re:I believe there are entire companies right now under AI p... by johnnyanmac on Sunday May 17, 2026 @08:41AM (#48168403)
>Why would I not care whether I had them in a month or two,

Because you're thinking like a salesman. What difference does a month make for a supportive tool without financial incentive? Why can't you justify a month of development without the idea of corporate breathing down you neck?

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