The AI industry's claims about AI coding assistants boosting productivity significantly appear to be massively overblown, per a new report.

“No Duh,” say senior developers everywhere.

The article explains that vibe code often is close, but not quite, functional, requiring developers to go in and find where the problems are - resulting in a net slowdown of development rather than productivity gains.

  • chicagohuman@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    This is the truth. It has tremendous value but it isn’t a solution – it’s a tool. And if you don’t know how to code or what good code looks like, then it is a tool you can’t use!