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Claude code makes me 10x faster at webdev, but I'd be a very slow webdev
benrutter on Hacker News
10x faster at webdev
In the thread “AI Can Make You Suck Faster Too”
Helped: Massively improved output in non-expert fields like webdev.
Got in the way: Produced worse output at a slower rate in expert fields.
… I think this makes the productivity gains a little fuzzy. Claude code makes me 10x faster at webdev, but I'd be a very slow webdev. Ultimately, the next innovation in a field, will probably be from an expert in that field, and they therefore won't see the kind of "10x productivity boost" that non-experts do. …