Software Engineers Discuss AI's Impact on Coding Productivity
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Summary
This Hacker News discussion asks software engineers to quantify how much AI coding tools have changed their productivity compared to 2 years ago. The original poster reports a 2x (100%) increase in overall productivity, with specific scenarios where they achieve 10x speed improvements when thoroughly understanding the domain and tech stack. The discussion explores various perspectives on AI's impact on software engineering workflows.
Key quotes
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When I thoroughly understand the domain (i.e. business logic and real world problem I'm solving), and am familiar with the tech stack, I'm about ~10x faster
Compared to the era before AI coding tools (say, ~2 years ago), if you had to put a number on it, how much has your productivity as a SWE changed?
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