GitHub's Robert Freeman says AI tools handle repetitive work like API scaffolding and test creation, letting developers focus on creative problem-solving instead. Automating the boring stuff boosts both satisfaction and the unique value companies actually compete on.
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But also kind of like general quality of life on these AI tools is a big mover as well. Because what we find is when folks no longer have to do the boring boilerplate, you know, I got to build this API interface when in reality I built it 100 times and I just need to make some small changes. Like those are things that are AI right now and really for the last couple of years have been super good at. Documentation, test and test coverage. Those are all small things that most developers, except for ones that are, that are probably insane, don't like doing. They're monotonous, they're boring. Like, most developers want to get to, hey, what I want to do is I want to do problem solving, I want to do the creative components, I want to discuss solution, new solution engineering. That's where you get that, like, that kind of creative itch that most developers end up kind of in this field because of— when they can, when they can spend more of their time on those things, one, they're going to be more creative. Two, what they're going to generate is, is that like the secret sauce that makes companies unique.