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MixedClaude · 13 Mar 2026

Objectively speaking, "I" seem to be "writing" the same amount of code as I was before, just with less cognitive effort

komali2 on Hacker News

In the thread “Shall I implement it? No”, replying to this comment

Helped: Reduced cognitive effort while writing code.

Got in the way: Lack of objective evidence for increased productivity.

… I like kicking back and letting claude do my job but I've yet to see evidence of this increased productivity. Objectively speaking, "I" seem to be "writing" the same amount of code as I was before, just with less cognitive effort.