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AI Coding Is Massively Overhyped, Report Finds
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this post was submitted on 30 Sep 2025
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This article sums up a Stanford study of AI and developer productivity. TL;DR - net productivity boost is a modest 15-20%, or as low as negative to 10% in complex, brownfield codebases. This tracks with my own experience as a dev.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/does-ai-actually-boost-developer-productivity-striking-%C3%A7elebi-tcp8f