WorkThe story, in brief
Are AI agents actually slowing us down?
Everyone is focused on AI agents boosting productivity. Nobody is talking about them slowing down software teams.
The KeyNews take
Why it matters
As AI agent adoption accelerates in software development, early evidence suggests they may be creating more problems than they solve - forcing leaders to rethink their AI-first development strategies.
The key facts
3 to knowIncreased software quality issues with AI agent usage
Shipping velocity slowdown correlated with AI agent adoption
Rising outage frequency in teams using AI agents
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Pragmatic Engineernewsletter.pragmaticengineer.com
Publisher excerpt: As more software engineers use AI agents daily, there’s also more sloppy software, outages, quality issues, and even a slowdown in shipping velocity. What’s happening, and how do we solve it?