

#248 - The AI Productivity Myth: Reality vs. Hype
Jun 16, 2025
23:31
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I'm no AI hater but I am getting so tired of the dialogue online I read from people who claim that AI is making developers 2, 3 or 10x more productive.
Google's CEO recently came out with a sobering statistic:
AI has made their engineers 10% more productive. (source)
10%.
This is still massive but no where near the gains we were promised or what our managers are expecting.
Let's explore this myth of productivity and what you, as a developer, can and cannot do with AI.
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