@KevinNaughtonJr: it's absolutely insane how fast the field of software engineering is changing soon writing code by hand will sound as r…
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A tweet highlights the rapid change in software engineering, referencing Linear's data that teams using coding agents ship 6.5x more code.
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it’s absolutely insane how fast the field of software engineering is changing
soon writing code by hand will sound as ridiculous as writing assembly does today
Linear (@linear): Teams building with coding agents in Linear now ship 6.5x as much as those that don’t.
That’s one stat from a much bigger look at how teams build with AI, from analyzing real usage data in Linear.
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