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If it automates 1/5th of your work, then what's unreasonable about thinking that your team could be 4 developers instead of 5?
by Fernicia 1y ago
If it automates 1/5th of your work, then what's unreasonable about thinking that your team could be 4 developers instead of 5?
- archagon 1y agoThis just feels like another form of the mythical man month argument.
- AstroBen 1y agoIf software costs 80% as much to write, what's unreasonable about thinking that more businesses would integrate more of it, hiring more developers?
- aschobel 1y agoBingo. This additional throughput could be used to create more polished software. What happens in a free market; would your competitor fall behind or will they try to match your polish?
- Fernicia 1y agoI think both will happen. I was merely demonstrating that just because an AI can't replace the entirety of your work, doesn't mean it won't make you redundant.
- elzbardico 1y agoBecause I've never seen a time saver in software development not being used to write even more software than what should be allowed by the time saving itself. So, yes, it could happen, I foresee a steep road ahead for junior developers, but if history can serve as a guide, LLMs coding will more likely lead to MORE CODE, not LESS CODERS in general.