AI is speeding up developers; software delivery is not keeping pace
For two years, the pitch for AI coding tools has been simple: developers write code faster, so companies ship faster. Atlassian’s latest global survey suggests the second half of that sentence is not holding up. Individual speed is up. Team-level delivery, in many organisations, is not.
The headline numbers
Across the survey, 87% of developers say AI helps them ship work faster. Yet 72% report the same or more friction than before AI arrived. Both findings can be true at once, and that tension is the story of the report.
The sharpest data point is a year-on-year drop. In 2025, 68% of developers said AI saved them at least 10 hours a week. In 2026, only 25% say so. The tools did not get worse. What appears to have changed is where the saved time goes.
Where the time went
According to the report, 65% of developers now regularly spend...
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