How Software Engineers Actually Use AI to Improve Productivity

29/10/2024 29 min
How Software Engineers Actually Use AI to Improve Productivity

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In this post we explore how Software Engineers use AI to improve their productivity - What AI is good at, what AI is bad at, and how much more productive tech workers actually are using AI.Original blog post with all links: https://hamy.xyz/labs/2024-10_software-engineers-aiChapters01:30 - What do I mean when I say AI?03:00 - AI is good at answering natural language questions09:40 - AI is good for exploring a space and generating ideas14:30 - AI is good at generating examples, references, and drafts17:15 - AI not good at coding full systems and features21:55 - AI not an expert26:20 - How much more productive are Software Engineers using AI?Links:- How I Generated 100k webpages for my Side Project using AI - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9PYsDGVHYg&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- How to call Open AI's API with F# - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pthBVT7Aio&ab_channel=HAMYLABS- Were Tesla’s Optimus Robots actually Autonomous (or Remote-Controlled by Humans)? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChQwNhtFSkA&ab_channel=HAMYLABSAbout me: I'm Hamilton - a Technomancer. I build Simple Scalable Systems to make the world 1% better.Connect with me:- Website: https://hamy.xyz- Twitter: @SIRHAMY - https://twitter.com/SIRHAMY# Support If you liked this and would like to see more, consider becoming a supporter: https://hamy.xyz/labs/haminionsSupporters get:* Full source code access from courses / tutorials* Exclusive discounts on products / coursesPlus you help me to keep experimenting / sharing!For Sponsorship info: https://hamy.xyz/labs/sponsors