"First, writing code isn’t, and never was, the bottleneck. For example, a 2019 paper summarized existing studies with the conclusion that “developers spend surp
A recent analysis suggests that writing code is not the primary bottleneck for software developer productivity. Instead, the real challenges lie in deciding and specifying what to build, verifying and being accountable for delivered work, and possessing the deep human understanding of the codebase, business, and environment necessary for these tasks. These factors, forming a "decide-execute-deliver" sandwich, are identified as the key areas resisting automation by AI. AI
IMPACT AI development efforts may need to shift focus from code generation to assisting with decision-making, verification, and complex system understanding.