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Batch size, two years after DORA measured the AI paradox
Two years after DORA quantified the AI paradox, the pattern in our own reviews has resolved into something specific enough to act on.
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AI's return on investment is a property of the delivery system
DORA's 2026 ROI report models real money on both sides of the ledger, and the deciding variable is not the tool. It is the pipeline downstream of it.
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That famous 55 percent AI speed-up has an asterisk
The famous Copilot speed study measured one bounded task. What controlled results do and do not tell you about your own team's experience.
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AI tools reward the teams that already did the prep work
A short note on why AI coding tools widen the gap between prepared and unprepared teams, with the one writeup we keep sending people.
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AI made coding faster and delivery slower
The 2024 DORA report measured the paradox precisely. The mechanism is batch size, and it was in the data before AI arrived.
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