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80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful (www.zdnet.com)
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A new Coddy Developer Survey found that four in five developers, 80%, say their use of AI has felt more like a dependence than an advantage.

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[โ€“] dhork@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I can believe that an agent can do 80% of a competent job. But the 80/20 rule posits that the 20% is the hard part, the part that actually justifies your salary. If a human is not going to go in and do that 20% (which might be 80% of the effort), then having the AI do the easiest 80% doesn't gain you anything at all.

[โ€“] Mika@piefed.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

It depends on the task. Oneshotting 80% of the new feature and then failing to pick up on details can leave hard part.

But oneshotting even 30% of UI tests based on QA regression means you have 30% of regression covered. Ofc you need to verify if the test is indeed covering the test case, and for a big volume of tests it takes time, but it's nowhere near what it takes to actually write the tests.