Code Ships in Minutes. Everything Else Takes Weeks.
Last Updated on March 11, 2026 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Know-Island
Originally published on Towards AI.
AI 100x’d the speed of writing code. We’ve done nothing about the 3 days it takes to review, build, approve, and deploy it.
AI can write a feature in 3 minutes. Then you wait 2 days for someone to review it.
The article discusses the growing disparity between the speed of AI-generated code and the lengthy processes that follow, such as code review, CI/CD, app store approvals, and deployment to production, emphasizing that while coding has become significantly faster, the surrounding organizational processes have not kept pace, resulting in frustrating delays for developers. It highlights the need for solutions to address these bottlenecks to improve overall software delivery speed.
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