> The long-term effect is less clear. If we generate more code, faster, does that reduce cost or just increase the surface area we need to maintain, test, secure, and reason about later?
My take is that the focus is mostly oriented towards code, but in my experience everything around code got cheaper too. In my particular case, I do coding, I do DevOps, I do second level support, I do data analysis. Every single task I have to do is now seriously augmented by AI.
In my last performance review, my manager was actually surprised when I told him that I am now more a manager of my own work than actually doing the work.
This also means my productivity is now probably around 2.5x what it was a couple of years ago.
My take is that the focus is mostly oriented towards code, but in my experience everything around code got cheaper too. In my particular case, I do coding, I do DevOps, I do second level support, I do data analysis. Every single task I have to do is now seriously augmented by AI.
In my last performance review, my manager was actually surprised when I told him that I am now more a manager of my own work than actually doing the work.
This also means my productivity is now probably around 2.5x what it was a couple of years ago.