People keep citing this study (and it was on the top of HN for a day). But this claim falls flat when you find out that the test subjects had effectively no experience with LLM equipped editors and the 1-2 people in the study that actually did have experience with these tools showed a marked increase in productivity.

Like yeah, if you’ve only ever used an axe you probably don’t know the first thing about how to use a chainsaw, but if you know how to use a chainsaw you’re wiping the floor with the axe wielders. Wholeheartedly agree with the rest of your comment; even if you’re slow you lap everyone sitting on the couch.