Productivity Illusions

"We implemented Copilot and developers are writing 40% more code!" This is a disaster, not a victory.

The Code Volume Fallacy

Code is cost. More code = More bugs = More maintenance = More upgrade pain. If you generate 40% more code, you have increased your Future Liability by 40%.

The Debugging Bottleneck

It takes 10x longer to read and debug code than to write it. By flooding the codebase with AI-generated boilerplate, we are DDoSing our own reviewers. PR review times skyrocket. Merge conflicts increase.

Measuring Real Velocity

Stop measuring: Lines of Code, Commit Frequency. Start measuring:

• Cycle Time: Idea to Production.
• Change Failure Rate: How often do we roll back?
• Customer Value: Did anyone use the feature?

[!IMPORTANT] The goal of AI should be to Simplify solutions (write less code), not to generate complexity faster.