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title: "Comment by Apurv Julaniya on \"Are You Actually Getting Better at Coding — Or Just Faster at Generating It?\" | Hashnode"
description: "The METR study showed experienced devs were 19% slower with AI tools despite predicting they'd be faster. Does that match your experience or completely contradi"
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Comment [Are You Actually Getting Better at Coding — Or Just Faster at Generating It?](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-you-actually-getting-better-at-coding-or-just-faster-at-generating-it/69be7078475ca179749abb89)

[Apurv Julaniya](https://hashnode.com/@apurvjulaniya)

[Mar 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/are-you-actually-getting-better-at-coding-or-just-faster-at-generating-it/69be7078475ca179749abb89/comment/69be70d4475ca179749afa49)

The METR study showed experienced devs were 19% slower with AI tools despite predicting they'd be faster. Does that match your experience or completely contradict it? I'm genuinely curious: Are you in the "AI made me way more productive" camp or the "it adds more overhead than it saves" camp? Also — what's your current stack? Cursor? Claude Code? Copilot? Replit? Something open source? Drop your setup and your honest take below 👇 No right answers here — just real developer experiences.