I have never understood how "productivity" intersects with writing code. Apply it to any other artform and it sounds absurd.
"Supercharge your productivity" while painting.
"Supercharge your productivity" while composing a symphony.
"Supercharge your productivity" while authoring a novel.
The more coding is reduced to rote "reqs input -> logic output", the more our industry is screwed.
Apropos of nothing in particular ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've found Simon Willison's site / blog super valuable and helpful in learning - everything from lots of hacks to factoids, to technical tidbits about bleeding edge tech (like llm), and more.
I don't want to supercharge my productivity.
I have never understood how "productivity" intersects with writing code. Apply it to any other artform and it sounds absurd.
"Supercharge your productivity" while painting. "Supercharge your productivity" while composing a symphony. "Supercharge your productivity" while authoring a novel.
The more coding is reduced to rote "reqs input -> logic output", the more our industry is screwed.
Yeah, I didn’t pick that episode title!
Being able to write code faster absolutely does make a difference for me though - it helps me be much more ambitious with the projects I take on.
I wrote a note about that a few days ago: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/15/speed-matters/
Apropos of nothing in particular ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I've found Simon Willison's site / blog super valuable and helpful in learning - everything from lots of hacks to factoids, to technical tidbits about bleeding edge tech (like llm), and more.
Thank you, Sir