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I agree, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and we currently have a lot of developers who feel very productive right now. We are very much in
by lukev 7mo ago
I agree, but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence, and we currently have a lot of developers who feel very productive right now.
We are very much in need of an actual way to measure real economic impact of AI-assisted coding, over both shorter and longer time horizons.
There's been an absolute rash of vibecoded startups. Are we seeing better success rates or sales across the industry?
- ThrowawayR2 7mo ago> "absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" That's the same false argument that the religious have offered for their beliefs and was debunked by Bertrand Russell's teapot argument: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot
- lukev 7mo agoI'm not speaking of burdens of proof about unfalsifiable statements. I'm saying that I think this is an important enough question that I think we should seek real evidence in either direction, especially since apparently everyone already has a strong opinion (warranted or not.)