• iglou@programming.dev
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    12 hours ago

    If it’s a tool you can use yourself and it makes you more efficient, you don’t need a study to recognize its efficiency.

    If you’re a software engineer, just try it yourself. Your own experience is the best proof you can find to judge if a tool is useful to you or not.

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      12 hours ago

      I am a software engineer, and trying it is exactly how I know it is not a “force multiplier.”

      Outside of my personal experience—there’s also zero actual evidence it provides anywhere near the benefits it’s marketed as.