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Devs are coding faster. Coding reviews are eating the gains

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“The bottleneck has moved from writing code to trusting it,” Purna Doddapaneni, partner at Bain & Co., told CIO Dive.

Published Oct. 2, 2026

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AI coding tools are helping developers complete roughly 21% more tasks, but time spent reviewing outputs rose 91%, according to Bain & Co.’s 2026 Global Technology Report released Tuesday. The analyst firm surveyed nearly 300 senior technology leaders for the report.
Developers have become orchestrators as they grapple with 47% more workstreams happening simultaneously, a sign that AI is generating work faster than processes can absorb it. Leading AI labs and platforms are investing billions in forward-deployed engineering models to help companies absorb AI into existing workflows.
“The bottleneck has moved from writing code to trusting it,” Purna Doddapaneni, partner at Bain and one of the...

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