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Software's value isn't its development time, one post argues

If an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks, can the result still be worth much? A post raises that question about the value of faster software development.

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Software's value isn't its development time, one post argues

If an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks, can the result still be worth much? A post raises that question about the value of faster software development.

A post describes the uneasy feeling when an agent builds in an afternoon what would have taken two weeks: the ease can make the work feel less valuable. Its counterargument is that customers never bought the hours spent building software—they bought the result.

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Software's value isn't its development time, one post argues

If an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks, can the result still be worth much? A post raises that question about the value of faster software development.

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flavio@flaviocopes 9 hrs ago
There's a strange feeling when an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks… Can this really be worth much if it was that easy? Reality check: customers never bought the hours. They bought the result.
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Software was never worth the hours it took
AI can compress months of development into days. The cost of producing software is falling, but its value was never a tally of engineering hours.
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flavio@flaviocopes 9 hrs ago
There's a strange feeling when an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks… Can this really be worth much if it was that easy? Reality check: customers never bought the hours. They bought the result.
flaviocopes.com
Software was never worth the hours it took
AI can compress months of development into days. The cost of producing software is falling, but its value was never a tally of engineering hours.
- likes: 20
- replies: 1
- bookmarks: 19
- reposts: 1

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@flaviocopesThere's a strange feeling when an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks… Can this really be worth much if it was that easy? Reality check: customers never bought the hours. They bought the result. https://flaviocopes.com/software-was-never-worth-the-hours/

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flavio@flaviocopes 9 hrs ago
There's a strange feeling when an agent builds in one afternoon what would have taken two weeks… Can this really be worth much if it was that easy? Reality check: customers never bought the hours. They bought the result.
flaviocopes.com
Software was never worth the hours it took
AI can compress months of development into days. The cost of producing software is falling, but its value was never a tally of engineering hours.
- likes: 20
- replies: 1
- bookmarks: 19
- reposts: 1