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## AI Coding Tools Shift Experienced Developers from Slower to Faster Work

DevFeed: [AI Coding Tools Shift Experienced Developers from Slower to Faster Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/judgment-bottleneck-9448.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://joncphillips.com/judgment-bottleneck/>)

Author: Jon C. Phillips

Published: 2026-06-28T17:56:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jon C. Phillips](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jon-c-phillips.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [Stack Overflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/stackoverflow.md>)

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### AI overview

The article argues that experienced developers' measured performance with AI coding tools shifted from roughly 19% slower in mid-2025 to roughly 18% faster by early 2026. It attributes the change to better tools and developers gaining experience directing and reviewing generated code, while noting sample-selection caveats.

### Source excerpt

That puts me on one side of a heated argument. A well-known METR study in 2025 found experienced developers were around 19% slower with AI while sure they were faster, and skeptics passed it around as proof.