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We are Changing our Developer Productivity Experiment Design

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Research update · methodological limitations
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Version consulted on 23 October 2026
Source date
24 February 2026
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23 October 2026
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Later experiments face selection and measurement problems. Neither the earlier slowdown estimate nor newer raw estimates establish a general current effect for developers. No separate validity period has been established for the finding.

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Later experiments face selection and measurement problems. Neither the earlier slowdown estimate nor newer raw estimates establish a general current effect for developers.

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Supports this claim:AI's productivity effect depends on the work and measurement