AI Coding Agent Will Not Boost Your Productivity 10x – Here is WHY

Author(s): Ryan Nguyen

Originally published on Towards AI.

AI Coding Agent Will Not Boost Your Productivity 10x – Here is WHY

For the past year, I’ve been working with our company’s core developer group on the push to adopt AI coding assistants. As part of a dedicated team evaluating their impact, I’ve rolled them out to our engineers while also using them daily in my own workflows. This has given me a unique vantage point on the promise — and the pitfalls — of AI in software development.

The article discusses the stark contrast between the optimistic claims about productivity boosts from AI coding tools and the author’s on-ground experience, which suggests a more modest increase of 20-30%. It critiques the hype of AI’s transformative power, reveals industry studies showing a decline in trust among developers, highlights the disconnect between perceived speed and actual productivity, and outlines effective workflows for integrating AI into software development while emphasizing that human skills remain irreplaceable in code design and problem-solving.

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