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>> although participating developers felt they completed tasks faster using AI, they where around 19% slower > Maybe that was true in 2025, but it's clearly no
by tempfile 3mo ago
>> although participating developers felt they completed tasks faster using AI, they where around 19% slower
> Maybe that was true in 2025, but it's clearly not true any more - I feel so productive now!
Even if you are right, this is a completely baseless argument. The people in the study felt the exact same way! And "it's 6 months old, so I won't listen to it" is an insanely high standard. You're eliminating all the evidence!
- ChicagoDave 3mo agoThat study…I would have agreed with the group at that time. Up until December, I was vocally skeptical that GenAI could be used for anything more complex than a “departmental” app. Opus and similar models completely invalidated that skepticism, especially when context windows increased. In the last two weeks I designed and deployed a new programming language that compiles in a browser. Impossible in the before times.
- timmmmmmay 3mo agowhat evidence? more than half of social science studies fail to replicate, why would I believe that this one is in the good half?
- tempfile 2mo agoSure, why believe anything?