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claude code is not making your product better

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why the most respected engineers are pushing back on the coding agent hype cycle, and what the claude code argument actually reveals

claude code is not making your product better why the most respected engineers are pushing back on the coding agent hype cycle, and what the claude code argument actually reveals Ethan Ding Apr 21, 2026 292 33 39 Share something interesting is happening. the loudest voices in the room are telling you that ai coding agents changed everything. the engineers who actually built the things you use every day are telling you something more complicated. the k-shaped productivity curve before we get to the twitter discourse, there’s actual data. the labor economists got here first. the productivity gai

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