I find it slows me down in that reading code you didn't write is harder than writing code, and understanding code is the hardest.
Writing code was never the bottleneck. And at least when you wrote it yourself you built an understanding of the data flow and potential error surfaces as you did so.
But I see some benefits - Cursor is pretty good at calling out thread safety issues.
by no_spoon · ⬆️ 73
THE SAMPLE SIZE IS 16 DEVS
by -ghostinthemachine- · ⬆️ 62
As an experienced software developer, it definitely slows me down when doing advanced development, but with simple tasks it's a massive speed-up. I think this stems from the fact that easy and straightforward doesn't always mean quick in software engineering, with boilerplate and project setup and other tedium taking more time than the relatively small pieces of sophisticated code required day to day.
Given the pace of progress, there's no reason to believe AI won't eat our lunch on the harder tasks within a year or two. None of this was even remotely possible a mere three years ago.