Measuring AI impact, assessing readiness, and new data trends

How AI is reshaping the entire SDLC, shifting bottlenecks and redefining AI readiness, and why developer experience, not tools, determines real impact.

Apr 3 • Abi Noda

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AI-generated merged code holds steady at ~30%

A preview from our upcoming Q1 AI Impact Report.

Apr 1 • Justin Reock

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March 2026

How do we interpret AI impact without overclaiming causation?

A better way of framing the impact of AI.

Mar 25 • Abi Noda

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Why aren't AI productivity gains higher?

Developers explain why the gains are more modest than expected.

Mar 19 • Abi Noda

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AI productivity gains are 10%, not 10x

Preliminary data from our longitudinal AI impact study

Mar 11 • Justin Reock

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February 2026

Developer experience at scale – lessons from Dropbox

How they treat developer productivity as a sociotechnical problem and weave AI into the fabric of their engineering culture.

Feb 25 • Abi Noda

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Analyst reactions: How AI is reshaping engineering organizations

Analysts at Accenture and RedMonk are seeing an increased focus on quality, security, and responsible AI rollout.

Feb 18 • Justin Reock

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Advanced prompting guide for AI-assisted engineering

Structured prompting patterns and use cases for complex, high-impact engineering work.

Feb 4 • Justin Reock

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January 2026

AI tooling benchmarks: PR throughput and usage by tool (Q1 2026)

Updated data from a sample of 64,680 developers across 219 companies.

Jan 21 • Justin Reock

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DevProd headcount benchmarks, Q1 2026

Research across multiple industry verticals and engineering team sizes.

Jan 7 • Justin Reock

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December 2025

The AI Divide

MIT NANDA’s 2025 report on what separates successful AI pilots from those that stall, and how the role of engineers is evolving.

Dec 23, 2025 • Justin Reock

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AI and productivity: Year-in-review with Microsoft, Google, and GitHub researchers

What 2025’s AI research told us about developer productivity and identity, and why enablement matters more than tool choice.

Dec 17, 2025 • Laura Tacho

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