Refactoring Podcast How to Integrate AI in the Dev Process 🪄 — with Ori Keren
May 14, 2025
Ori Keren, CEO and co-founder of LinearB, shares over 25 years of expertise in developer productivity. He dives into the transformative role of AI in coding, testing, and team dynamics. Ori highlights how AI can alleviate bottlenecks and enhance productivity, while also addressing the necessity of cultural shifts in teams. He discusses the skepticism among developers, particularly between junior enthusiasm and senior caution. Ori wraps up with actionable strategies for integrating AI, stressing the balance between automation and human oversight.
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AI Adoption Initially Slows Productivity
- Developer productivity may decline in 2025 due to the disruptive adoption phase of AI tools.
- Productivity will likely improve in 2026-27 as teams stabilize and integrate AI better.
AI Needs More Development Context
- Current AI models primarily utilize codebase context for code generation.
- Integrating observability, logs, and production data into AI tools is a future but unresolved challenge.
Code Reviews Become Bottlenecks
- Increasing code generation without fixing review bottlenecks causes cognitive overload.
- AI-driven code might accelerate coding but worsens code review backlog if not managed holistically.