I learned how to use AI and have seen my own productivity increase at least 3x
gregjor on Hacker News
productivity increase at least 3x
In the thread “I Will Never Use AI to Code”
Helped: 50 years of experience to give clear unambiguous instructions to the tool.
… The programmers using AI (Claude Code in our case) got their work done faster, and I couldn't honestly say their work looked any worse than it had before AI -- in fact I noticed more unit tests, fewer regressions , and abilities enhanced even from the more junior programmers. I had to get on the bus or get off, so I learned how to use AI and have seen my own productivity increase at least 3x. I think we need to distinguish between programming as a craft -- the thing the author says he enjoys and won't give up -- and programming as labor someone else pays for. …