Developer coins 'stochastic productivity': agentic coding output swings wildly day to day
carsonfarmer · x · 2026-09-29
Veteran dev Carson Farmer says today is one of his best agentic-coding days in ages, while last weekend was the exact opposite—coining 'stochastic productivity' to describe how AI-assisted coding output seems to vary like a random draw even with the same person and workflow. The quip resonates widely among agent users.
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