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Lenny Rachitsky: uncertainty

19 Oct 2025 Lenny's Podcast How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren

“There's the common ones, Copilot, Cursor. I don't know. Is there anything that stands out that you want to share, just like, "Hey, you should check this tool out.”

— Lenny Rachitsky

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Lenny Rachitsky
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19 Oct 2025
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Lenny's Podcast

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…I had a Calabrian. That was the best. Happy devs make happy code. They write better programs, they do better work, they're better team members and collaborators. But capturing and trying to directly influence happiness, that's not what we are here for. It's too challenging, it's too all-encompassing. Satisfaction can give us some signal. In a totally different direction, in terms of just tools you see people using, are there any that just like, "Oh, yeah, this one's really commonly great." For people, this is just a tool people are finding a lot of success with. There's the common ones, Copilot, Cursor. I don't know. Is there anything that stands out that you want to share, just like, "Hey, you should check this tool out. People seem to love it"? I think they're huge, right? Copilot, Cursor, Gemini.…

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