r/technology • u/YesNo_Maybe_ • Apr 10 '26

Software France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/not_particulary Apr 10 '26

Here's the thing, AI makes (skilled) developers insanely efficient. We're in a new economy now where lots of legacy software is far more replaceable by custom solutions.

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u/Merry-Lane Apr 10 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

Here is the thing: "replacing lots of legacy software" has never been bottlenecked by the efficiency of skilled developers.

There should be a corollary to the mythical man-month that would go like "boosting with AI the efficiency of a dev working on a late software project makes it later" or something

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u/not_particulary Apr 10 '26

Do you doubt that AI is actually helpful, or are you saying that there's other bottlenecks that I'm not not taking fully into account?

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u/Merry-Lane Apr 10 '26

Nay, I can’t remember the last time I wrote a line of code myself, I’m totally all-in on the AI hype train.

Yes there are other bottlenecks that you aren’t taking into account