Developer productivity

Week 43 · 19-25 Oct

2 sources filed · EN 1 · RU 1

Week 42 · 12-18 Oct

2 sources filed · RU 2

  • A

    LLM adoption without rose-tinted glasses: 500 engineers

    Request and token counts were dropped as adoption metrics because agents and autocomplete inflate them.

    50% vs 3%share of people using any LLM chat monthly versus share using the API (agents, autocomplete) after awareness campaigns

  • B

    Why code reaches main more slowly with AI agents

    Faros AI 2025 ("The AI Productivity Paradox", 1,255 teams): heavy AI users closed 21% more tasks and merged 98% more PRs, while review time rose 91%, PR size 154% and bugs per developer 9%; no significant company-level effect.

    +300.6%rise in time spent in QA, the largest flow-metric deterioration in Faros AI's "The Speed Trap" (September 2026)