AI coding isn't a productivity gain so much as an erasure of dread
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would say, I would describe it as not even really a gain in productivity. so much as a as an erasure. of the things that you used to just dread.
Episode 263: Chat is Dead (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:19:19 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Dave reframes the AI coding boost: it's less a gain in productivity than the removal of the work you used to dread, like rebuilding near-identical classes, methods and tests with small tweaks. An agent can also write automation code you'd never have taken the time to write yourself.