Does AI Actually Boost Developer Productivity? (100k Devs Study) - Yegor Denisov-Blanch, Stanford

Forget vendor hype: Is AI actually boosting developer productivity, or just shifting bottlenecks? Stop guessing. Our study at Stanford cuts through the noise, analyzing real-world productivity data from nearly 100,000 developers across hundreds of companies. We reveal the hard numbers: while the average productivity boost is significant (~20%), the reality is complex – some teams even see productivity decrease with AI adoption. The crucial insights lie in why this variance occurs. Discover which company typ ...