Comment by znnajdla
8 days ago
I've been writing code for 20 years. AI has completely changed my life and the way I write code and run my business. Nothing is the same anymore, and I feel I will be saying that again by the end of 2026. My productive output as a programmer in software and business have expanded 3x *compounding monthly*.
>My productive output as a programmer in software and business have expanded 3x compounding monthly.
In what units?
Tasks completed in my todo list software I’ve been measuring my output for 5 years. Time saved because I built one off tools to automate many common workflows. And yes even dollars earned.
I don’t mean 3x compounding monthly every month, I mean 3x total since I started using Claude Code about 6 months ago but the benefits keep compounding.
GWh
Going from gigajoules to terajoules.
Vibes
Going from punch cards to terminals also "completely changed my life and the way I write code and run my business"
Firefox introducing their dev debugger many years ago "completely changed my life and the way I write code and run my business"
You get the idea. Yes, the day to day job of software engineering has changed. The world at large cares not one jot.
I mean 2025 had the weakest job creation growth numbers outside of recession periods since at least 2003. The world seems to care in a pretty tangible way. There are other big influencing factors for that, too, of course.
Okay. So software engineers are vastly more efficient. Good I guess. "Revolutionize the entire world such that we rethink society down to its very basics like money and ownership" doesn't follow from that.
Man you guys are impatient. It takes decades even for earth shattering technologies to mature and take root.
If people want to make the "this will be AGI after two decades and will totally revolutionize the entire world" that's fine. If people want to make the "wow this is an incredibly useful tool for many jobs that will make work more efficient" that's fine. We can have those discussions.
What I don't buy is the "in two years there will be no more concept of money or poverty because AI has solved everything" argument using the evidence that these tools are really good at coding.
Damn right I'm impatient. My eye starts twitching when a web page takes more than 2 seconds to load :-)
In the meantime, I've had to continuously hear talk about AI, both in real life (like at the local pub) AND virtually (tv/radio/news/whatever) and how it's going to change the world in unimaginable ways for the last...2/3 years. Billions upon billions of dollars are being spent. The only tangible thing we have to show is software development, and some other fairly niche jobs, have changed _a bit_.
So yeah, excuse my impatience for the bubble to burst, I can stop having to hear about this shit every day, and I can go about my job using the new tools we have been gifted, while still doing all the other jobs that sadly do not benefit in any similar way.
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Are you working for 3x less the time compounding monthly?
Are you making 3x the money compounding monthly ?
No?
Then what's the point?
Yes and yes.
Okay, teach me how, then? I would also like to work 3× less and make 3× more.
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It's weird that you guys keep posting the same comments with the exact same formatting
You're not fooling anyone