AI writes code 100x faster – why hasn't productivity?(deeptils.github.io)

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AI writes code 100x faster – why hasn't productivity?

https://deeptils.github.io/blog/ai-writes-code-100x-faster-productivity-hasnt/

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One angle that doesn't come up enough in this discussion: even when productivity gains don't materialise, engineers are still feeling the pressure as if they have. In our burnout survey data, AI pressure to do more has emerged as a top 4 burnout driver in 2026 — a finding that didn't exist two years ago. So the productivity paradox has a human cost attached to it. CEOs see no productivity gains, but engineers are burning out from the expectation that they should be more productive because of AI. The pressure exists regardless of whether the output does. We wrote this up here if anyone's interested: rechargedaily.co/blog/ai-productivity-burnout-paradox Also running an anonymous survey on this — 3 mins, results public: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdu-1Sa6oPvhDtFtBuK...

thepasch3 bulan yang lalu

Because the code was never the hard part?

deeplstm3 bulan yang lalu

it was kind of a hard part, but not the hardest

try-working3 bulan yang lalu

Because of the 1% problem: https://try.works/coding-agents-and-the-growing-1-problem

deeplstm3 bulan yang lalu

humans are still very needed to verify AI outputs

wookmaster3 bulan yang lalu

Because it writes wrong code 100x faster too and humans trying to make sense of it all

deeplstm3 bulan yang lalu

it’s not always wrong. some of it is wrong. the trick is figuring out what’s actually correct

blinkbat3 bulan yang lalu

indeed, why _hasn't_ productivity? edge of my seat