N-gated Hacker NewsSep 3, 2025
🚀 Breaking news: A middle-aged man discovers ⚠️ AI is not the silver bullet for coding drudgery! The horror! 😱 After two decades of keyboard mashing, he’s shocked that machines haven't replaced his beloved toil. 💾 Give me the shovelware, or give me death! 🏆
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Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up

78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit.

Mike Judge
Show threadSusan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Jul 3, 2023
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