CTO Says 93% of Developers Use AI, but Productivity Is Still 10%
5 days ago
- #AI in Development
- #Organizational Impact
- #Developer Productivity
- 92.6% of developers use AI coding assistants at least once a month, with 75% using them weekly.
- Productivity gains from AI have plateaued at around 10%, with time savings leveling off at 3.6-4 hours per week.
- AI-authored code now makes up 26.9% of all production code, up from 22% last quarter.
- Onboarding time has been cut in half due to AI, measured by the 'time to the 10th Pull Request (PR).'
- AI's impact varies by organization: well-structured companies see a 50% drop in incidents, while struggling ones face twice as many.
- AI adoption alone doesn't guarantee results; organizational-level use is needed for real impact.
- Codex is a popular AI tool, with 95% of OpenAI developers using it and submitting 60% more Pull Requests weekly.
- Developer Experience (DevEx) is crucial for AI success, requiring fast CI, clear documentation, and well-defined services.
- Successful organizations focus AI experiments on real customer problems rather than distracting, expensive ventures like Mars colonization.