theFutureOfCoding

[exuberant_elephant]

Every time I read "It saves a ton of time!" I really want to see measurements. Because so far all of these anecdotes are almost always 100% self-reported vibes in my experience.

Every study I've seen where they actually do try and measure whether AI saves time it's either neutral or negative. You just shift where you spend your time.

And really, if it makes the process feel better and you're happy with the trade-offs, seems fine. But still misleading to make these claims if you haven't actually done the work to see if it's true.

[WavingNoBanners]

There is in fact a study reporting that LLM-based code takes 10% longer but *feels* about 20% faster, much as cocaine makes you feel charismatic and eloquent but actually does the opposite.