I see so many on HN say they got 10 times more productive but nobody ever has anything to show.
Why that might not translate to an increase in software quality and feature count is left as an exercise to the weary senior reader.
With AI, refactoring is cheap and safe.
https://youtube.com/@groove-tronic
Now you can't say nobody has anything to show.
This does real-time DSP (time stretching, effects, analog emulation), in a language I didn't know when I started (C++), that I started a couple of months ago.
I could not have created this without AI, cannot make progress without AI. When I use up my Pro account limits, I'm done for the day - I'm too slow without it for continuing to make sense.
And this is why untold billions are sunk into AI. Creates a dependency on their services and removes agency from end users.
Edit: yes I’m aware it adds agency in the sense that some people can do things they couldn’t do before… as long as that’s permitted/surveilles, which is where the agency is lost.
I've don't see how I've lost agency. It's not like it's made me a worse coder: getting so much faster with AI hasn't made me slower without it.
> > cannot make progress without AI. When I use up my Pro account limits, I'm done for the day
Aside from the contradictory statements, I did address your points in my edit. I get the tradeoff. As long as whatever you do is in line with the providers of the services, and as long as you're ok with the surveillance, then sure... It's a tradeoff that MUST be considered and be aware of..
You can get stuff done without these.
Local models exist.