Mixed
I can say with absolute certainty I would not have been as productive without it
belmarca on Hacker News
In the thread “Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains”
Helped: High productivity and efficiency in building the stack.
Got in the way: Lost ability to write basic code manually during interviews.
I have just stepped down from a CTO job where I built a FinTech's stack from the ground up. I leveraged a Claude Max plan for about 8 months and I can say with absolute certainty I would not have been as productive without it. I have barely written any code by hand during that time, but I did read almost every single line of code produced. …