This is a fascinating article about AI-based productivity claims, with a ton of data to back up his claims. Definitely worth a read regardless of your stance on AI.

https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding

@IngloGamesDev You know what aspect of development AI increases by 10x or more? Electricity usage and natural resources impact. You can get devastating consumption of resources to deliver mediocre or unusable results.

@IngloGamesDev Here's a link that doesn't give clicks to Nazi-supporting site: https://archive.is/oSFFz

@IngloGamesDev I just had a non-programner friend telling me how he vibe coded a neat tool for himself and I wondered how ppl like him fit this picture.

Then I remembered an old saying about the difference between programming vs software dev is that the latter involves people and time (I'd appreciaye if someone could point me to the original). So I guess there are many hidden, personal projects from ppl who don't even know GitHub exists.

Do I think this worth the cost? No. But it's still a pretty remarkable thing!

@IngloGamesDev … no. It’s on substack.

@buherator i have a non-programmer friend who vibe-coded an app they now want a professional to take over maintenance for, and ... well i ain't doin' that, though IDK whether it's better or worse for a client to be able to show you so-exactly what they want

at least they're aware the vibe-coded version doesn't scale and needs changes

@IngloGamesDev

@jernej__s
Thank you! I want to share this with a friend and I'm much more comfortable with the non-Nazi link.

@lady_alys @jernej__s yes, thanks.

I won’t share this, the author is too pro-slop for my tastes. But it might help getting pro-slop people you know start thinking…

… hopefully.

@buherator
Yes, computers can do wonderous things and it's always great when we lower the entry barrier to computing.

That said, you're right about people: In a professional software project, the actual programming is a minor task *even of the programmers*. All those meetings just to find out what the actual problem is, how it fits together with existing things, which route to go, clarifying unclear requirements, communicating what you did - that's the real work here.
@IngloGamesDev