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AI tools didn't intensify my work — they unlocked work I couldn't do before
gleipnircode on Hacker News
In the thread “AI Doesn't Reduce Work–It Intensifies It”
Helped: Handling recursive methods and test drivers; building outside usual stack.
As a solo developer working in enterprise systems (ABAP — yes, that's still a thing and yes, it looks the same as 20 years ago), AI tools didn't intensify my work — they unlocked work I couldn't do before. Even within ABAP, Claude handles the stuff nobody wants to touch. …