Fernicia 8 days ago

If it automates 1/5th of your work, then what's unreasonable about thinking that your team could be 4 developers instead of 5?

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AstroBen 7 days ago

If software costs 80% as much to write, what's unreasonable about thinking that more businesses would integrate more of it, hiring more developers?

Fernicia 7 days ago

I think both will happen. I was merely demonstrating that just because an AI can't replace the entirety of your work, doesn't mean it won't make you redundant.

aschobel 7 days ago

Bingo. This additional throughput could be used to create more polished software. What happens in a free market; would your competitor fall behind or will they try to match your polish?

elzbardico 4 days ago

Because I've never seen a time saver in software development not being used to write even more software than what should be allowed by the time saving itself.

So, yes, it could happen, I foresee a steep road ahead for junior developers, but if history can serve as a guide, LLMs coding will more likely lead to MORE CODE, not LESS CODERS in general.

archagon 7 days ago

This just feels like another form of the mythical man month argument.