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Andreas Møller

@andreasmoller.dk

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Top 99% software engineer. Girl dad and boy boss. Co-founder of https://nordcraft.com

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Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 1h

We took that Idea a couple of steps further with @nordcraft.com

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 1h

The reaction from our discord community says it all.

@kevinpowell.co the CSS GOD!

Discord comments one the announcement that Kevin Powell is the 3ds judge.

1. Kevin Powell the CSS God? Holy Shit!
2. Exactly 🤯

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 10h

The video is probably the best study over all :)

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 10h

I don't actually think the point is if it makes you 10%-20% faster or slower.

I think the main take away is what it is not saying.

Based on the current industry reaction those numbers should be 100-200% at least.

They clearly show that "someone using AI is going to take your job" story is BS.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 11h

Obviously.

... unless that itself is an estimate?

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 11h

There are a few others worth paying attention to
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDD...

And this years dora report:

services.google.com/fh/files/mis...

(last year's dora report is worth a read as well)

They have slightly different results. They generally conclude +-20% productivity.

Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? (100k Devs Study) - Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Stanford

YouTube video by AI Engineer

www.youtube.com

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 11h

We have always been terrible at estimates... nothing new here

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 12h

You can't conclude from the studies I have read that AI makes you less productive over all. Some times it will, but sometimes it can help.

The most interesting thing that almost all of them agree on is that developer self assessment of the benefits are terrible :)

Generally off by 20%-40%.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 12h

That is why I say, If you like using them you should :)

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

That seems much more likely with an LLM than a deterministic tool.

And translate() can often be a better choice

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

The data we have today all says the same thing.
AI programming can maybe make you a little bit more productive, but not a ton.

I someone likes programming with LLMs they should. If you don’t that is fine too. Either way you are not missing out.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

I agree but there are still plenty of use cases that isn’t vibe coding

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

I actually agree with him on most points. Just not the context of this whole conversation.

I am happy to rant on people why try to overhype AI tools but @tolin.ski was actually trying to make them better.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

We are adding a copilot in 2025.

The band wagon left a long time ago.

I think it can be a good tool for people to learn the platform. That is what our current AI assistant is for

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

Yeah that is a good point.

I have a Bluetooth keyboard at work.

Bluetooth is anything but deterministic

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

Yay

We passed!

… you can also use AI though

We are adding a copilot

Is that ok?

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 13h

Ok now I am curious.

What about @nordcraft.com ?

Does it count if you use a GUI?

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 14h

I guessed right

bsky.app/profile/dlvh...

Dolev Hadar @dlvhdr.me · 14h

@tolin.ski it’s slop because it‘s text that was generated by guessing the next few words without any ”thinking” behind it. In this case maybe with some thinking you would have stored that in a css variable, looked up a tailwind class or made sure to pick a color with enough contrast. Who knows.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 15h

Garbage code normally requires at least a few lines.

Only a true master can write garbage code on a single line.

AI is not there yet

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 15h

I think it is awesome that people are trying to improve AI coding even if I don’t personally enjoy that way of coding :)

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 15h

I am not supporting the commenter, I think he was just trying to be rude.

Your response made me curious, because it didn’t seem like a realistic scenario.

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 17h

Before flexbox they were pretty much the same thing...

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 18h

He is just just bragging about centering a div...

I have seen him do it!

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 18h

I am honored that @kevinpowell.co has agreed to be a judge for the #BadUXWorldCup

Kevin is an amazing educator, and he has helped countless people make better user experiences on the web.

I almost feel bad dragging him into the mud...

Nordcraft @nordcraft.com · 18h

📣 Attention internet 📣

The final Judge of the #BadUXWorldCup is

@kevinpowell.co

Kevin has spent the last decade teaching you all how to build great accessible websites with good UX.

Now forget all that and build a horrible date picker!

Submit your entry at:

badux.lol

Bad UX World Cup Judges

David Prentell, Cassidy Williams and Devin Powell

Andreas Møller @andreasmoller.dk · 1d

The trick is to ask it to write one line at a time?