Interesting piece of research that reinforces what I’ve been saying for a while about AI Coding
Annie Vella studied the correlation between the frequency that developers use AI coding tools and the impact it has on their productivity, with clear results: you need to use the tools at least 2-3 times per week to start seeing significant productivity gains.
This reflects my own anecdotal experience and the trends I’ve noticed talking to developers whilst building Fine. To succeed with AI coding, there are certain skills you need to build, adjustments to make, approaches to learn.
A developer can save hours with the help of AI, but do so they’ll need to learn how to triage the tasks they delegate to AI, how to write specs, how to review the AI’s code efficiently and overall how to best collaborate with AI agents.
Unfortunately, if you tried coding with chatGPT in 2023 and haven’t tried using AI again since because it didn’t deliver - it’s unlikely that you’ll be able to succeed.
My recommendation for developers getting started with AI is to take it easy, but be consistent. Try using an AI Agent to resolve one ticket a day for 2 weeks. Some will fail, some will get 80% of the way, some might be very impressive one-shots. But by the end of two weeks of daily use, you’ll have the skills to make the most of AI in your daily work - for your own benefit.
If you're down - head to fine.dev where you can try out AI coding with different LLMs and connect to your codebase to see where you can save time.
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