We have not accounted for the true costs of AI coding
It is time to face the true costs of AI coding. Reliable results require compute, supervision, review and maintenance that our productivity estimates often leave out.
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The Coding AI Benchmark Split in 2026: Why Real-World Winners Aren’t Algorithm Champions
Developers favor models that navigate real codebases over those that ace algorithm contests, revealing how software engineering is changing.