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Coding assistants are solving the wrong problem


Why we need bots that elicit good discussions, not just write better code 2026-02-02 The jury is out on the effectiveness of AI use in production, and it is not a pretty picture. - Teams using AI completed 21% more tasks, yet company-wide delivery metrics showed no improvement (Index.dev, 2025) - Experienced developers were 19% slower when using AI coding assistants—yet believed they were faster (METR, 2025) - 48% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities (Apiiro, 2024) To understand why, we have to take a closer look at the day-to-day software development.

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