productivity paradox
AI & Automation
Why Experienced Devs Get 19% Slower With AI: The J-Curve of Adoption
ALGERIATECH Editorial
February 6, 2026
Introduction Here is a result that should make every engineering leader pause. A rigorous study by the METR organization took experienced open-source developers, gave them real tasks on their own projects -- codebases they knew intimately -- and randomly assigned them to
