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AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

MIT Technology Review

AI coding is now everywhere. But not everyone is convinced.

Developers are navigating confusing gaps between expectation and reality. So are the rest of us.

a July study by the nonprofit research organization Model Evaluation & Threat Research (METR) (

Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity

) showed that while experienced developers believed AI made them 20% faster, objective tests showed they were actually 19% slower. For Mike Judge, principal developer at the software consultancy Substantial, the METR study struck a nerve.

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20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple

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