>>pranav+(OP)
Seems like reading the code is now the real work. AI writes PRs instantly but reviewing them still takes time. Everything flipped. Expect more projects to follow - maintainers can just use ai themselves without needing external contributions.
>>sbonda+p5
Understanding (not necessarily reading) always was the real work. AI makes people less productive because it's speeding up the thing that wasn't hard (generating code), while generating additional burden on the thing that was hard (understanding the code).
>>bigstr+ci
There are many cases in which I already understand the code before it is written. In these cases AI writing the code is pure gain. I do not need to spend 30 minutes learning how to hold the bazel rule. I do not need to spend 30 minutes to write client boilerplate. List goes on. All broad claims about AI's effects on productivity have counterexamples. It is situational. I think most competent engineers quietly using AI understand this.
>>corndo+2n
Unless you have made some exceptional advances in the LLM agents (if you have, send me the claude skill?), you cant predict it.
If it was predictable like a transpiler, you wouldn't have to read it. you can think of it as a pure gain but you are just not reading the code its outputting.