Comment by SkyPuncher

One thing I find frustrating with these conversations is the _strict_ focus on single-task productivity.

Arguably, on a single coding task, I don't really move that much faster. However, I have much, much more brain capacity left both while coding and when I'm done coding.

This has two knock on effects:

1. Most simply, I'm productive for longer. Since LLMs are doing a lot of the heavy lifting, my brain doesn't have to constantly think. This is especially important in time periods where I'd previously have too little mental energy to think deeply about code.

2. I can do other things while coding. Well, right now, Cursor is cycling on a simple task while I type this. Most days, though, I'm responding to customers, working on documentation/planning, or doing some other non-coding task that's critical to my workflows. This is actually where I find my biggest productivity gains. Instead of coding THEN X, I can now do coding WITH X.