Measuring the Impact of AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity [pdf]

14 ColinEberhardt 2 7/10/2025, 6:37:09 PM metr.org ↗

Comments (2)

cline6 · 1d ago
The results are hardly surprising. Using AI replaces a thing the developers are good at, programming, with a thing they're not good at, getting a digital idiot to program for them. Of course it takes longer.
ColinEberhardt · 1d ago
TL;DR; they report that AI tools slow down task completion by 19%