@cyb3rops: I think AI coding hype follows roughly four stages: 1. Amazement You try it and can’t believe how much code it generate…
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A Twitter thread outlines four stages of AI coding hype: amazement, expansion, realization, and a final stage. A reply highlights that companies waste over 44% of AI token spend on bug fixes.
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I think AI coding hype follows roughly four stages:
- Amazement
You try it and can’t believe how much code it generates from a few prompts.
- Expansion
You start more and more projects because shipping suddenly feels cheap and fast.
This is also the phase where people https://t.co/WDQA43m5yN
Aiswarya Sankar (@Aiswarya_Sankar): This is what we’ve been seeing with every company we work with.
Try justifying spending 100k on token spend when only 18k even makes it to a stable prod feature.
In the rush to maximize AI token spend, companies are wasting over 44% on bug fixes
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