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IF YOU THOUGHT THE SPEED OF WRITING CODE WAS YOUR PROBLEM - YOU HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS

andrewmurphy.io13 min read

Summary from the TLDR Dev newsletter

Increasing code writing speed with AI coding assistants actively worsens software delivery by creating inventory and overwhelming non-bottleneck stages. Optimizing a non-bottleneck leads to more stalled reviews and decreased output quality. The real bottlenecks typically lie in areas like unclear requirements, extensive wait times post-coding, fear of releasing, lack of feedback loops, or organizational coordination issues.