# Engineering nits: Generating code faster

DevFeed: [Engineering nits: Generating code faster](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineering-nits-generating-code-faster-11722.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/codegen-faster>)

Author: Isaac Seymour

Published: 2023-12-11T10:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [Code generation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-generation.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

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## AI overview

The article explains how incident.io made a Go code-generation script 97% faster, saving about three engineer-hours per week. The main optimization reduced missing imports in generated code so the import-management tool performed less expensive scanning.

## Source excerpt

As our app grew, our codegen got slower and slower. Here's how we made it 97% faster.