How to measure AI developer productivity in 2025 | Nicole Forsgren
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EnglishA lot of companies are trying to measure productivity for their teams. Most productivity metrics are a lie. If
the goal is more lines of code, I can prompt something to write the longest piece of code ever. It's just too easy
to gain that system. How do I know if my edge team is moving fast enough if they can move faster if
they're just not performing as well as they can? Most teams can move faster, but faster for what? We can ship trash faster every
single day. We need strategy and really smart decisions to know what to ship. One of the biggest issues we're going to
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