Comment by amarant

I think one of the biggest gains of AI is the second order effects. And maybe a bit in the third order as well. When coding with Claude, I can focus on the architecture, the big picture of the implementation, while Claude takes care of the details. Every function for which I don't have to remember the order of the arguments anymore, is a little bit extra brain power I can dedicate to thinking about the solution. I can focus on what matters, and I can focus for longer. I find that remembering argument order is much more tiresome than thinking through complex interactions(because the latter is fun, while the former is boring)

Then there's the speedup. A smaller team can now achieve what a larger team was needed for before. This means less communication overhead, in theory fewer and/or shorter meetings. Which all translates to me spending more time and more energy on thinking about the solution. Which is what matters.