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YesGemini · 8 Jan 2026

But to me whose main job is not programming (but who knows how to code) but running a nom-software business, the productivity gains are very obvious

big_man_ting on Hacker News

In the thread “Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far”, replying to this comment

Helped: Building complex internal tools and middleware that would normally require paid developers.

… As the other user said, the progress/changes are not distributed evenly, and are impossible to quantify. But to me whose main job is not programming (but who knows how to code) but running a nom-software business, the productivity gains are very obvious, as is the fact that because of LLMs I have robbed developers of potential work.