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Time for a Reality Check: What AI Really Can't Do for Software Development š¤ā
We're debunking AI myths in software development. Join us as we dissect and discard some of the most outlandish predictions.
Welcome to the new Bug Driven Developers this week! If you enjoy this post, forward it to your developer friends so they can join us.
Hereās what we got for you today:
Cringe AI takes
What Mark Zuckerberg thinks about Appleās Vision Pro
Reviving an abandoned AI project to achieve $300,000 in gross bookings within 90 days
Let's start off this week by talking about what AI will NOT do for Software Development
A lot of people are talking about what AI will do for software development. The discourse is rife with predictions that range from insightful to downright ludicrous. So we've got a doozy for you today - a round-up of some of the most fantastical, cringe-inducing predictions about AI in software development.
Ready? Let's dive inš
Cost of writing a single line of code...
Software developer: $8.40
GitHub Copilot: $0.008Assumptions:
Median dev salary = $105k
250 working days per yr
50 lines of code per day
Copilot = $100/yrRealistically, a dev oversees Copilot & could ship more than 50 lines w/ š¤ help.
ā Chase Roberts (@chsrbrts)
6:02 PM ā¢ May 26, 2023
To some bean counter MBA this prediction may make a lot of sense, but to any software developer they know the following:
It is pretty established that lines of code written is not a viable metric for measuring developer effectiveness / efficiency
There is a lot more to being a software developer than just writing code
When you forget that with most tools you need to upgrade to paid tiers for full functionalityš
Don't hire marketersā Use @buffer
Don't hire designers ā Use @canva
Don't hire managersā Use @NotionHQ
Don't hire sales repsā Use @gumroad
Don't hire copywritersā Use @copy_ai
Don't hire developersā Use @10Web_io
It's 2023 ā you can run your business for $0 with AI.
ā Pascio (@IAmPascio)
12:00 PM ā¢ May 26, 2023
While it is now easier than ever to build and sell software, you canāt do it for free š¤”
Those were the two cringe takes we found to be the funniest, whatās yours? Let us know by responding to this email or via twitter.
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ā Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki)
6:50 PM ā¢ Jun 6, 2023
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Thanks,
Justin + Kevin
P.S. What new things about Software Development did you learn this week?
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