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A Google randomized trial finds AI developer tools yield a 21% speedup, countering claims of massive gains

Engineers spend over half their time on non-coding tasks.

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@ziv_ravid (but I hope Google will publish an update on internal AI usage and acceleration as well some time)

@ziv_ravid I do at home. No comment on work 馃対

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Leo Boytsov@srchvrs

Imagine a typical SWE at a typical co. At least half of the time is spent on alignment, meetings, and fighting chaos. No magic will speed them even 2x. Moreover, hastily created and reviewed code does create more tech debt. Google's last year report was a much smaller speed up. Of course, it could be more with modern agents, but I doubt it's 8x. https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/how-much-does-ai-impact-development-speed

@ziv_ravid (but I hope Google will publish an update on internal AI usage and acceleration as well some time)

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