You know programmers who use llms believe they’re much more productive because they keep getting that dopamine hit, but when you actually measure it, they’re slower by about 20%.

Everyone keeps citing this preliminary study and ignores:

1. Its old now
2. Its sample size was incredibly tiny
3. Its sample group were developers not using proper tooling or trained on how to use the tools

Its the equivalent of taking 12 seasoned carpenters with very little experience on industrial painting, handing them industrial grade paint guns that are misconfigured and uncalibrated, and then asking them to paint some of their work and watching them struggle... and then going "wow look at that industrial grade paint guns are so bad"

Anyone with any sense should look at that and go "thats a bogus study"

But people with intense anti-ai bias cling to that shoddy ass study with such religious fervor. Its cringe.

Every professional developer with actual training and actual proper tooling can confirm that they are indeed tremendously more productive.