developer productivity
3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Feb 19, 2024 by Erik Bernhardsson · across every show →
Everything said about developer productivity, oldest first
Feb 19, 2024 positive
Developer Productivity Is Best Measured by Iteration Feedback Speed
“I think the best way to measure developer productivity is, like, in terms of the feedback loops. Like, it, like, in, like, How quickly when you iterate, like when you write code, like how quickly can you get feedback? And at the innermost loop, it's like runni…”
Feb 19, 2024 bullish
Developer Productivity Will Continue Growing 10x Per Decade
“You look at the developers are, I've been getting like probably 10 X more productive every decade for the last four, four decades or something that was kind of crazy. Like on an exponential scale, we're talking about 10 X or is there a 10,000 X like, you know,…”
Feb 27, 2026 bearish
Becker: Overly Bullish AI Developer Speedup Estimates Are Inflated
“I do think that very bullish estimates of speed up today are, you know, to some extent inflated by what we document in that original paper, that people's expectations of speed up tend to be too optimistic, it seems. They also tend to be inflated, I think, by n…”