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AI has enabled my team to essentially all become polyglots. It's really amazing to be able to jump between languages, using the best tools for the domain. * J

AI has enabled my team to essentially all become polyglots. It's really amazing to be able to jump between languages, using the best tools for the domain. * JS/TS - FE * Ruby on Rails - Most of our business logic * Python - Doc and LLM specific code * Misc. other languages - niche features that make the most sense in specific languages. ---- Previously, we'd spend a lot of time on dumb little things. Things that you probably take for granted in your primary language, but can become super frustrating in a new language.

MichaelZuo 3y ago
Agree, I can easily see a team of a dozen developers shrunk down by half and still maintain the same quantity and quality of output.
- throwaway5959 3y ago
  It’s wild how people never seem to say “wow, now our team of 12 can be twice as productive. Think about how much less stressed they’ll be and more productive we’ll be able to be for the company!”.
  - robluxus 3y ago
    Because if you start making more widgets then now your support, marketing, sales acquisition et al costs also have to scale. But that needs foresight... And until the AI workforce comes for those too, it's easier to claim short term victory.
    - musicale 3y ago
      Great answer that addresses the business incentives. Scaling is hard (perhaps impossible in some markets) and possibly expensive, while cutting labor costs has an immediate benefit to the bottom line.
  - MichaelZuo 3y ago
    Then why not make a solid argument for it higher up in the chain? Instead of a reaction to a comment further down.
  - FormerBandmate 3y ago
    That’s what ends up happening in practice. Who has actually been fired because of AI? GitHub Copilot has been out forever
  - musicale 3y ago
    In my experience, the return rate for improved productivity is usually targeted at around 99% to the company, 1% to employees.
firemelt 3y ago
any example use case for ruby on rails? I still can't think the use case of using ai to help me code my ruby on rails project

MichaelZuo 3y ago

Agree, I can easily see a team of a dozen developers shrunk down by half and still maintain the same quantity and quality of output.

throwaway5959 3y ago
It’s wild how people never seem to say “wow, now our team of 12 can be twice as productive. Think about how much less stressed they’ll be and more productive we’ll be able to be for the company!”.
- robluxus 3y ago
  Because if you start making more widgets then now your support, marketing, sales acquisition et al costs also have to scale. But that needs foresight... And until the AI workforce comes for those too, it's easier to claim short term victory.
  - musicale 3y ago
    Great answer that addresses the business incentives. Scaling is hard (perhaps impossible in some markets) and possibly expensive, while cutting labor costs has an immediate benefit to the bottom line.
- MichaelZuo 3y ago
  Then why not make a solid argument for it higher up in the chain? Instead of a reaction to a comment further down.
- FormerBandmate 3y ago
  That’s what ends up happening in practice. Who has actually been fired because of AI? GitHub Copilot has been out forever
- musicale 3y ago
  In my experience, the return rate for improved productivity is usually targeted at around 99% to the company, 1% to employees.

firemelt 3y ago

any example use case for ruby on rails? I still can't think the use case of using ai to help me code my ruby on rails project