Builder: AI productivity gains in software are 'truly unbelievable'
omnivaughn · x · 2026-09-22
A developer argues that most AI debate comes from people not actually building with it. Having used AI extensively for product development, he says the productivity and speed gains are truly unbelievable and that software stands at the precipice of one of the biggest step functions in its history—urging skeptics to go build something.
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