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AI may make you more productive but, at least in my experience, it still takes a lot of work to end up with a high-quality finished product.

Kamran Ayub

@kamranicus.com

If you, like me, are in a situation where writing code took forever, then you replace it with Claude/Codex/et al and it'll be more productive BUT you also will (or should, IMO) review the code, in small slices. So the time savings is: ORIG_CODING - (AI_CODING + REVIEW_TIME)

17/10/26, 2:58 am0 reposts0 likes

Kamran Ayub

@kamranicus.com

It takes an iterative approach, so like as I'm working on a replatforming epic, I broke it into phases, and each phase has slices of work that do some small change. It stacks the PRs so I can review a full phase at once, but still keeps PRs manageable to review.

Kamran Ayub

@kamranicus.com

The actual time savings for me actually comes from being able to review and get work done remotely via my phone. The only time I could code before was at the computer. Now, Claude cloud or local session can code, and I can control it and review async. THAT is my personal time savings.

Kamran Ayub

@kamranicus.com

There's a great podcast on evidence-based science in medicine and health/wellness by Dr. Bobby Dubois. He has a saying, that you can only evaluate based on N of 1. Meaning, you have to experiment and base your decision of what works/what doesn't by looking at YOUR data, not just general advice.

Kamran Ayub

@kamranicus.com

I think N of 1 applies to any AI workflows/tools as well. Depending on where you work, how you work, what constraints you work under, AI tools could help you save time or they will make it worse/slow you down. In my case, I can easily see that it is helping me while still maintaining good quality.