The fact that the devs thought the AI saved them time is no surprise to me… at least at this point in my career.

Developers (people?) in general for some reason just simply cannot see time. It’s why so many people don’t believe in estimation.

What I don’t understand is why. Is this like a general human brain limitation (like not being able to visualize four dimensions, or how some folks don’t have an internal monologue)?

Or is this more psychodynamic or emotional?

It’s been super clear and interesting to me how developers I work with want to believe AI (code generation) is saving them time when it’s clearly obviously not.

Is it just the hope that one day it will? Is it fetishization of AI?

Why in an industry that so requires clarity of thinking and expression (computer processors don’t like ambiguity), can we be so bad at talking about, thinking about… time?

Don’t get me started on the static type enthusiasts who think their strong type system (another seeming fetish) is saving them time.