[danielbln]

That study design has some issues. But let's say it takes me the same amount of time, the agentic flow is still beneficial to me. It provides useful structure, helps with breaking down the problem. I can rubber duck, send off web research tasks, come back to answer questions, etc., all within a single interface. That's useful to me, and especially so if you have to jump around different projects a lot (consultancy). YMMV.

[Ianjit]

"That study design has some issues. " This is a study that tries to be scientific, unlike developer self reports and CEO promises of 10x.

Can you point to a better study on the impact of AI on developer productivity? The only other one I can think of finds a 20% uplift in productivity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbDDYKRFjhk