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I notice that some people have become more productive thanks to AI tools, while others are not. My working hypothesis is that people who are fast at scanning lots of text (or code for that matter) have a serious advantage. Being able to dismiss unhelpful suggestions quickly and then iterating to get to helpful assistance is key. Being fast at scanning code correlates with seniority, but there are also senior develope…
One has to take time to review code and think through different aspects of execution (like memory management, concurrency, etc). Plenty of code cannot be scanned. That said, if the language has GC and other helpers, it makes it easier to scan. Code and architecture review is an important part of my role and I catch issues that others miss because I spend more time. I did use AI for review (GPT 4.1), but only as an ad…
Re: Measuring the impact of AI on experienced open-source developer productivity
#501do you use anything today for automated code reviews?