The 70% AI productivity myth: why most companies see little real gain
TL;DR Vendor claims of 55–90% developer productivity boosts clash with independent research showing little or negative effects for most teams.…
You Need to Ditch VS Code — How Terminal Workflows Build Better Devs
TL;DR The author argues that heavy reliance on VS Code’s conveniences can obscure essential developer skills. They recommend shifting core…
Why the Future of Software Development Still Depends on Developers
TL;DR A long-time programmer argues that every past wave of tooling that promised to eliminate developers instead expanded software and…
77 Things Developers Can Avoid in 2026 — and 4 That Are Unavoidable
TL;DR A year-end essay by Tyler Dane lists 77 activities developers can stop doing in 2026 to free up time…
Ask HN: How dramatically has AI altered software engineers’ output?
TL;DR Responses in the Ask HN thread range from roughly 2× to a subjective 10–20× change in individual output, depending…
Engineer: AI coding assistants often fail to save developers’ time
TL;DR A veteran software engineer says AI coding assistants can help with simple, direct queries but usually do not cut…