Five Boring Things That Have A Bigger Impact Than “A.I.” Coding Assistants On Dev Team Productivity

Jason Gorman shares five things he believes will make your teams more productive than AI coding agents.

Smaller teams are better value/$ spent

More frequent releases accelerate learning what has real value

Limiting work in progress – solving one problem at a time – increases delivery throughput

Cross-functional teams experience fewer bottlenecks and blockers than specialised teams

Empowered, self-organising teams spend less time waiting for decisions and more time getting sh*t done

Opening your checkbook and buying an AI team subscription is a great way to feel like you’re increasing productivity. But actually increasing productivity is harder than a credit card transaction.

AI is pitched like a pill: an easy fix for something that really requires a lifestyle change.