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"Microsoft has over 100,000 software engineers working on software projects of all sizes."
So that would mean 100 000 000 000 (100 billion) lines of code per month. Frightening.
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Absurd. The Linux kernel is 30 million, Postgres is 2, windows is assumed to be about 50.
I think the point is that they are fantasizing about cutting their engineering workforce by 90% while maintaining the same level of "productivity".
Claude doesn't require paying payroll tax, health insurance, unemployment, or take family leave.
Surely 1 line of code = $1, so Microsoft can get $100b revenue per month. Genius plan.
So the recent surge in demand for storage is to because we have to store that code somewhere?
Maybe they can use 5 - 10 loc to move the classic window shell button so it's not on top of the widgets button
With those kinds of numbers you don’t need logic anymore, just a lookup table with all possible states of the system.