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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by discreteevent on Saturday August 22, 2026 @03:14PM (#49402845)
How do you even know that it's consistently 40 hours in 3? What kind of developer ever had that kind of estimation accuracy (unless it's really repetitive) or even focuses on productivity rather than the problem like that? This sounds more like factory work than design or development. I really don't get it.
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Re:Anthropic appears to be A/B testing reduced effort levels... by pizzafeelsright on Saturday August 22, 2026 @08:12PM (#49405079)
We are in new territory and not everyone gets it.

I am not a developer although I have written production code but that's not what I am talking about.

I know for a fact that I can do a task in a week. It may take 12 or 40 hours but it'll be done in a week. Now with AI? I can get that task done in a day. Anywhere from 3-12 hours.

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