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I caught myself, again, telling Claude that we don’t do it that way in this codebase. Not the first time that week. Not the first time that day. Different repo,…
How many times have you told the agent the same thing this weekSoftware estimation is broken in the AI era. Developers swing between wildly optimistic and pessimistic estimates as AI tools shatter old calibration models. Learn why everyone’s estimates are slipping, what’s really happening behind the scenes, and practical strategies to rebuild estimation skills for AI-augmented development.
Nobody Knows How to Estimate Software Anymore (And It’s Not Your Fault)I walked into the conference room with my laptop to set up the infrastructure demo. Before I could connect to the projector, someone asked me to refill the coffee first….
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