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I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs

ah, i see you're still measuring performance by lines of code. we knew that was bad literally decades ago.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/85ae29a1-9eac-40f6-819f-492ef485bad0/i-believe-the-top-performers-are-overwhelmingly-using-llmsRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 05:06:07 GMTFri, 01 May 2026 11:05:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 19:10:16 GMT]]>@dysfun we know it's bad but there are no other metrics the code go fast machine can improve, thus we cook the ol books

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/cap_ybarra/statuses/116500897230643679https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/cap_ybarra/statuses/116500897230643679Fri, 01 May 2026 19:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:30:20 GMT]]>@dysfun I don't think we have a good measure for performance though.

One person in my LinkedIn feed used merged PRs as a metric, which is only slightly better than lines of code. An ex-coworker of mine said AI tools closed n% tickets from their backlog, which is closer to something useful, but most projects live with ever-growing backlogs just fine.

What could be a universal unit of achievement that would allow us to compare development with and without AI tools (or any other tools)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Oytis/statuses/116500740205475426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Oytis/statuses/116500740205475426Fri, 01 May 2026 18:30:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:19:48 GMT]]>@dysfun @davidgerard I recall a place that tried to measure productivity by check ins. That did not go well.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/nfgusedautoparts/statuses/116500698760228342https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/nfgusedautoparts/statuses/116500698760228342Fri, 01 May 2026 18:19:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 18:07:26 GMT]]>@megmac @dysfun 90% of traders i know are *mindful* drug hoovers, we assure you

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116500650140189641https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116500650140189641Fri, 01 May 2026 18:07:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 15:49:22 GMT]]>@dysfun also most of us who aren't are now stuck reviewing and/or cleaning up their crap, and getting demoralized for it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/megmac/statuses/116500107288897455https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/megmac/statuses/116500107288897455Fri, 01 May 2026 15:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I believe the top performers are overwhelmingly using LLMs on Fri, 01 May 2026 11:10:08 GMT]]>

90% of working developers I know personally now use LLMs

i'm sorry, get better friends.

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