Comment by Legend2440
1 hour ago
Even if Uber really did double developer productivity, would it translate to quarterly results?
Ultimately they make money selling rides, not selling software. The Uber app is mature and adding new features is unlikely to significantly increase sales.
Writing 2x more code doesn't translate to 2x more revenue unless it results in 2x more rides.
> Even if Uber really did double developer productivity, would it translate to quarterly results?
It would if it meant they then fired half their software engineers, which is the ultimate goal.
Lowering costs to run the infra would show up as increased profits without any change in rides.
Do you really need AI for that? Seems like the thing any existing engineering team could do if it was prioritized.
Would it? How much of Uber’s cost is software infrastructure vs paying humans?