Mastodawn

Inglo Games Sep 3, 2025

This is a fascinating article about AI-based productivity claims, with a ton of data to back up his claims. Definitely worth a read regardless of your stance on AI.

https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding

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

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Professor_Stevens

@IngloGamesDev

Writer has been a programmer for 28 years. I've been one for 53. If there were a way to make me faster, I'd use it. But he's right: "This whole thing is bullshit."

In those 53 years, I've also been a lawyer and an elected politician. No one is better at recognizing bullshit than I am. When Elizabeth Holmes said she could test one drop of blood in a day and get the results vials full took weeks to produce, it was bullshit. AI coding tools are the same bullshit that was.