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Comment by Negitivefrags | Hacker News Reader

You might have delivered 10x more code, but did you deliver 10x more value?

Or put another way, are you making 10x more money?

It's easy to spend excess productivity effectively wasting time. Most companies did it before AI, and will continue doing it after.

It's easy to believe you are not wasting time because you have more bugs fixed or more features delivered, but if it doesn't move the bottom line, what is the point?

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I mean it doesn't have to bring 10x more value, but it can be a 10x better experience for existing users. There have been so many niche bugs that were never ever fixed because there's more important things to do, but because fixing a niche bug is now 1 click away that really changes the economics quite a bit especially for small teams.

I'm personally working on a product solo that would not be possible without a team of 3-4 people that are all knowledgeable in that field and would take at least 1 year to get it started. It only took me 3 months to get a fully working solution with $1200 worth of AI subscriptions, the value multiplication is nearly x100 here.

With all due respect when you strip away the noise - unless it shows up in the financials it hasn’t done anything for the firm.

This is something many firms are struggling to grasp.

The world does not revolve around money, specifically non profits come to mind where this can be a huge boost in quality for everyone involved.

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