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		i_love_retros 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Graphs that explain the state of AI in 2026 Stating "Software engineers are all-in on AI" because of an increase in github projects being created is hilarious. I didn't realise creating a github repo made someone a software engineer. If only I had known this I wouldn't have bothered learning all the other stuff!

gregsadetsky 44 days ago [–]

I agree with you on that metric being not great - I would have definitely swapped it for this:

"Claude Code GitHub Commits Over Time" https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/claude-code-is-the-inf...

Sure - also an imperfect metric. But less imperfect? And more indicative of... something? Not nothing?

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