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Tell HN: Man, AI is killing my brain

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Tell HN: Man, AI is killing my brain.

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I was among the last to resist, but then I was given a subtle hint that if I won't "improve my productivity and be on par with my colleagues" my work will be at risk.

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At first, I'd give it small tasks, review every line it wrote, opened a proper PR, review again, ask questions, ask it to fix stuff I don't like.But I saw that my colleagues were shipping more, and so I started to ease on my reviews.

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But my colleagues were shipping 10x more than me, and I need my job, so I started to push more and rely more on AI.

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As the agent was doing its work, sometimes 20-30 minutes, I would mindlessly scroll social media, something I tried to avoid for a very long time.

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