Post #4139513
2026-07-27 14:50 UTC
So it’s been 7-8 months since the software industry decided that AI agents are good now and that you can do a year’s work in 1 hour
So… Where are all the amazing and wonderful AI generated software products? Where are all the companies using agents to leave the rest of us behind? All I see are one-shotted maintainers, big marketing stories with little substance and a pile of detritus made up of abandoned vibe coded projects.
It’s almost like AI agents make you feel more productive but actually slow you down (paywalled sorry)
Replies (2)
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@gerikson@awful.systems 2026-07-27 22:07
Yeah. Behind all the hype about percieved productivity etc., there’s really only one benchmark - will GenAI help produce better software, faster, and at less cost? So far this doesn’t seem to be happening.
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@EFreethought@awful.systems 2026-07-28 01:22
AI shills: Are you still using the models from six months ago? Because the new models are sooo much more powerful.