Experienced devs are 19% slower with AI tools. Nobody wants to believe it.

Every AI coding tool on the market promises you'll ship faster. A recent study says experienced developers actually got 19% slower when using them. Read my lips: NOT beginners. NOT interns. We need EXPERIENCED developers. Why This Hurts This isn't some edge case buried in a footnote. The slowdown was attributed in part to time spent reviewing and debugging AI-generated output, though the study also found a significant perception-vs-reality gap where developers believed AI was helpin...