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I've talked to ~100 developers across a wide range of organisations over the last 6 months about what they're *really* doing with "AI" coding assistants.
I wouldn't worry about being "left behind". On software that matters, most folks are barely using it at all. And, so far, nobody I've spoken to is doing any of that advanced "agentic" stuff in their day jobs.
Presumably because there are big potential consequences if their software breaks or leaks data.
Seeing more and more people warning of the danger of comprehension debt. It seems so obvious, and yet it's taken us several years to see it.
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/the-ai-ready-software-developer-10-comprehension-debt/
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A fascinating study of OSS developers found that, while they *reported* significant productivity gains (+20%) using "A.I." coding assistants, the reverse was actually true (-19%).
CASE, 4GLs, Offshoring, Low/No-Code etc. How many times are we gonna fall for this *feeling*?
https://metr.org/Early_2025_AI_Experienced_OS_Devs_Study.pdf
This is in reaction to that article by Tim Bray.
"The real problem with the AI hype"
https://wimvanderbauwhede.codeberg.page/articles/the-real-problem-with-AI/
I wrote that 6 months ago.
Donald Raab
Jason Gorman
Andreas Zeller
Tim Bray
Peter Sommerlad
Wim🧮