# Not So Fast: AI Coding Tools Can Actually Reduce Productivity

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531>\
**Category:** AI In The News\
**Tags:** via-news-bot, coding, productivity\
**Created:** [11 July 2025 14:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531 "2025-07-11T14:25:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [11 July 2025 14:25 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531/1 "2025-07-11T14:25:08Z")

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> Study Shows That Even Experienced Developers Dramatically Overestimate Gains

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> **[Not So Fast: AI Coding Tools Can Actually Reduce Productivity](https://secondthoughts.ai/p/ai-coding-slowdown)**
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> Study Shows That Even Experienced Developers Dramatically Overestimate Gains

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**Author:** ![chris.johan](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/chris.johan/32/6683_2.png) [@chris.johan](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/chris.johan)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2025 22:24 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531/2 "2025-07-12T22:24:51Z")

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If a programmer just blindly accepts what the AI coding tool suggests without understanding the code, then after a while, they won’t understand how the fix bugs.

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**Author:** ![jaeyson](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/jaeyson/32/6395_2.png) [@jaeyson](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jaeyson)\
**Post date:** [13 July 2025 03:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531/3 "2025-07-13T03:03:30Z")

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welpppppp, just last night I had an argument with it (gem in eye, free ones pun unintended), and it just couldn’t solve the issue when running ansible-lint in CI runner 😕

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**Author:** ![alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/alvinkatojr/32/6613_2.png) [@alvinkatojr](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/alvinkatojr)\
**Post date:** [16 July 2025 14:39 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/not-so-fast-ai-coding-tools-can-actually-reduce-productivity/206531/4 "2025-07-16T14:39:26Z")

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Glad this paper and article came out. Having the IDE get in your way with auto suggestions is a definite buzz kill.

AI is NOT a miracle cure.