Yes
I am committing code that is better written, better documented, easier to reason about and maintain, with less library overuse than I ever did as a senior lead with a smal team, and I’m doing it for 1/4 the price, at 4x the speed
K0balt on Hacker News
1/4 the price, at 4x the speed
In the thread “AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less”
Helped: Documentation driven development and deep systems understanding.
This has been my position from the beginning of when agentic coding harnesses became genuinely useful. I now do documentation driven development, and with very few exceptions I am committing code that is better written, better documented, easier to reason about and maintain, with less library overuse than I ever did as a senior lead with a smal team, and I’m doing it for 1/4 the price, at 4x the speed. But it’s not vibe coding. …