You'll need nerves of steel to work with AI agents

Re:You'll need nerves of steel to work with AI agents by jaggederest on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @08:55PM (#50374110)

I've been doing software engineering for 20 years and approximately half of my total work output has been in the last 2 years. Once you get it set up and maintain it regularly it's easily three to ten times faster

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Re:You'll need nerves of steel to work with AI agents by bigstrat2003 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @01:22AM (#50375846)

There is no way on earth that you've done more in two years than in 18 years before that. It's not even a remotely believable claim.

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Re:You'll need nerves of steel to work with AI agents by jaggederest on Thursday November 05, 2026 @05:34PM (#50385471)

I'm just going by github, which has captured the majority of my work since 2007, and says my prior peak was in the ~800 contributions per year, and this year so far I've done 5k+. Not always comparable but close enough I feel comfortable saying "at least 3x"

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