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qwertyastronaut ◴[] No.46196895[source]
I don’t know if it’s 90%, but I’m shipping in 2 days things that took 2-4 weeks before.

Opus 4.5 in particular has been a profound shift. I’m not sure how software dev as a career survives this. I have nearly 0 reason to hire a developer for my company because I just write a spec and Claude does it in one shot.

It’s honestly scary, and I hope my company doesn’t fail because as a developer I’m fucked. But… statistically my business will fail.

I think in a few years there will only be a handful of software companies—the ones who already have control of distribution. Products can be cloned in a few weeks now; not long until it’s a few minutes. I used to see a new competitor once every six months. Now I see a new competitor every few hours.

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1. throwaway31131 ◴[] No.46197143[source]
Just out of curiosity, what software product were you making in two weeks before using AI? Or maybe I’m misunderstanding your use of shipping.
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3. qwertyastronaut ◴[] No.46200452[source]
Shipping features, not entire products.