Research Shows 92.6% of Developers Use AI Coding Assistants, But Productivity Gains Remain at 10%
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Summary
New research presented at the Pragmatic Summit reveals that 92.6% of developers now use AI coding assistants at least monthly, with 75% using them weekly, indicating widespread adoption. However, productivity gains remain limited to around 10%, suggesting that while AI tools have become integrated into workflows, they haven't yet delivered transformative productivity improvements. The research surveyed 121,000 developers across 450+ companies over three months, highlighting the gap between adoption rates and actual impact on developer productivity.
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Clearly, AI isn't just a side experiment anymore, it's part of the workflow.
Yet productivity gains remain at 10%. New research explains why adoption hasn't matched impact.
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