12 February 2026

AI tools like Opus 4.6 actually do make engineers 10x more productive and are addictive, but the "AI Vampire" effect is causing widespread developer burnout (Steve Yegge)

Steve Yegge:
AI tools like Opus 4.6 actually do make engineers 10x more productive and are addictive, but the “AI Vampire” effect is causing widespread developer burnout  —  This was an unusually hard post to write, because it flies in the face of everything else going on.

Posted from: this blog via Microsoft Power Automate.

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