AI & Machine Learning

30% More Code, Zero More Shipped Work: Where the Capacity Actually Went

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A study of 718 firms found that coding agents increased lines of code by 30% but did not yield a statistically significant increase in completed work. The additional code appears to have been absorbed by the review process, leading to a 49% rise in review time and a near doubling of pull requests requiring changes. This suggests an organizational bottleneck in code review capacity, rather than a lack of developer output, is limiting overall productivity gains.

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