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		jckahn 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Layoffs at Block Because productivity doesn't scale linearly with quantity of developers. There's a point where it plateaus or even descends as quantity of developers goes up.

frankzinger 20 days ago [–]

The quantity of devs is not changing though. If AI really makes the existing devs more productive then the plateau should become higher.

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