alt Hacker NewsThat makes no sense. If that were really true then they could’ve saved a bundle and did that same thing years ago before AI.
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alex_sf • today at 1:05 AM
I mean, they do (and did). If you aren't shipping, you'll be out eventually.
That makes no sense. If that were really true then they could’ve saved a bundle and did that same thing years ago before AI.
I mean, they do (and did). If you aren't shipping, you'll be out eventually.
The promise of AI gains with fewer people is what's triggering this - before, you needed ~1 coder to do ~1 unit of work. Suits now think you only need 1 coder to do X units of work because LLMs.
So no, they couldn't do the same thing years ago.