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AI slows you down

2025-07-10 20:08:59.908314+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Not exactly news, it's what ... everyone? ... well, a ton of people in my circles have been saying: Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

Core Result

When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.

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#Comment Re: AI slows you down made: 2025-07-14 14:02:05.419728+02 by: Dan Lyke

Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity

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