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AI slows down some experienced software developers, study finds (www.reuters.com)
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[-] neclimdul@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

That's kind of outside the software development discussion but glad you're enjoying it.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

As a developer

  • I can jot down a bunch of notes and have ai turn it into a reasonable presentation or documentation or proposal
  • zoom has an ai agent which is pretty good about summarizing a meeting. It usually just needs minor corrections and you can send it out much faster than taking notes
  • for coding I mostly use ai like autocomplete. Sometimes it’s able to autocomplete entire code blocks
  • for something new I might have ai generate a class or something, and use it as a first draft where I then make it work
[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve had success with:

  • dumping email threads into it to generate user stories,
  • generating requirements documentation templates so that everyone has to fill out the exact details needed to make the project a success
  • generating quick one-off scripts
  • suggesting a consistent way to refactor a block of code (I’m not crazy enough to let it actually do all the refactoring)
  • summarize the work done for a slide deck and generate appropriate infographics

Essentially, all the stuff that I’d need to review anyway, but use of AI means that actually generating the content can be done in a consistent manner that I don’t have to think about. I don’t let it create anything, just transform things in blocks that I can quickly review for correctness and appropriateness. Kind of like getting a junior programmer to do something for me.

this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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