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The article mentions that coding is only a fraction of dev time and thus accelerating that part of the job can only create incremental gains, and oh PS, lines o
by unknownfuture 2mo ago
The article mentions that coding is only a fraction of dev time and thus accelerating that part of the job can only create incremental gains, and oh PS, lines of code and similar metrics are a bad way if measuring dev productivity, anyway, and we've known that for decades.
The OP claims AI accelerates non-coding parts of the job, too, and so the article is misguided.
I ask for evidence.
In response you give me... code output metrics?
- simonw 2mo agoI don't have anything else to hand that I can think of. I don't keep a time tracking diary.
- discreteevent 2mo ago> I don't keep a time tracking diary. That's why Microsoft did a study (referenced in the article), where they measured the time spent on things, so they could get to the truth of how much time people spend coding using "a shape of evidence would you find convincing"
- kylecazar 2mo agoThe Microsoft study concerns the ideal vs. actual developer workweek. They conclude that developers using AI tools "heavily" are both more productive and more satisfied. And, surprise, that devs hate meetings and want to code more.