Mixed
I suspect that when the task is suitable for an LLM, it’s maybe 20-40% faster
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20-40% faster
In the thread “Programming with AI: You're Probably Doing It Wrong”, replying to this comment
Helped: Boring tasks like refactors and well-defined features.
Got in the way: Unsuitable tasks are slower and sometimes fail completely.
… That said, I still spend a considerable amount of time reviewing and massaging Claude’s code before it gets to PR. I haven’t timed myself or anything, but I suspect that when the task is suitable for an LLM, it’s maybe 20-40% faster. But when it’s not, it’s considerably slower and sometimes just fails completely.