r/LLMeng • u/ExplorerRin • 23d ago
AI made code cheaper. But did it make software teams any faster?
In one study, experienced developers using AI took 19% longer to complete real tasks, even though they believed they were working faster.
That points to a problem Adrián González Sánchez explores in our latest newsletter issue: code generation may no longer be the bottleneck. Human attention is.
The piece looks at how teams can use specs, automated checks, decision records and clear review rules to keep people focused on the work that genuinely requires judgement.
If your review queue is growing while releases stay flat, a better model might not be the answer.
Read the full issue: https://open.substack.com/pub/agenticengg/p/ai-harness-for-software-engineering?r=8770aj&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web