Mixed
But as soon as I need to write any unique code – the code that makes my app my app – I find it's perhaps a touch faster in the moment, but the long-term result isn't faster
jen729w on Hacker News
300% faster
In the thread “Ask HN: By what percentage has AI changed your output as a software engineer?”
Helped: Integrating APIs and writing package-like boilerplate code.
Got in the way: Writing unique application logic, leading to knowledge gaps and maintenance issues.
… There just happens not to be; but Claude excels at package-like code. But as soon as I need to write any unique code – the code that makes my app my app – I find it's perhaps a touch faster in the moment, but the long-term result isn't faster. Because now I don't understand my code, right? …