Selected developer quotes:
“I’m torn. I’d like to help provide updated data on this question but also I really like using AI!” — a developer from the original study early-2025 when asked to participate in the late-2025 study.
“I found I am actually heavily biased sampling the issues … I avoid issues like AI can finish things in just 2 hours, but I have to spend 20 hours. I will feel so painful if the task is decided as AI-disallowed.” — a developer from the new study noting selection effects when choosing what tasks to include in the study.
“my head’s going to explode if I try to do too much the old fashioned way because it’s like trying to get across the city walking when all of a sudden I was more used to taking an Uber.” — a developer from the new study noting selection effects when choosing what tasks to include in the study.
More like, “why would I, an avid runner, who has trained in running for over a decade, run five blocks when I can just drive”.
Not everyone that runs is an avid runner.
But I do feel like the analogies aren’t that great. Coding in notepad instead of an IDE is dumb because IDEs work and don’t really have any downsides. AI mostly seems to produce slop that barely works without a ton of cajoling.
What I meant with the runner analogy is that coding is a skill just like running. If you let a machine do it for you for long enough, you lose that skill.
shocked pikachu face when they can no longer finish a marathon.