HELLFIRE https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/ai_code_tools_slow_down/ https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/ Artificial intelligence coding tools are supposed to make software development faster, but researchers who tested these tools in a randomized, controlled trial found the opposite. … The study says the slowdown can likely be attributed to five factors: “Over-optimism about AI usefulness” (developers had unrealistic expectations) “High developer familiarity with repositories” (the devs were experienced enough that AI help had nothing to offer them) “Large and complex repositories” (AI performs worse in large repos with 1M+ lines of code) “Low AI reliability” (devs accepted less than 44 percent of generated suggestions and then spent time cleaning up and reviewing) “Implicit repository context” (AI didn’t understand the context in which it operated). … …wait, LARGE repos give AI the fits? Really…?! Regards