Ask HN: Are you working less? By how much?
The promise of AI is to significantly speedup and automate knowledge work.
AI assistants are promising to handle personal productivity for us as well (planning, task management, research, reports, etc).
Do you feel that your day is becoming less busy? that you have more free focus than ever? that you can sit bored because all chores are done for you by AI?
In which direction are we going? I would appreciate your self-reflection and perspective on this.
In my case, the workload increased, but the stress decreased. I used to spend the entire day thinking about code, to the point of going to a bar with friends and asking for a pen and napkin to write down ideas that could solve challenges at work. I'm happy, but I feel like I need to be careful not to fall into the trap of using several agents at the same time and losing control.
Im a retired developer and, as far as software development goes, I'm busier (maybe just more productive) than ever. The only difference is that now Im just building things for myself, so, more work but it's hobby work.
I feel like i am working harder and faster to the point i am fried