Comment by jakolaptu

It is likely better because AI agents make access to domain knowledge easier. However, I would wager that the problem is people don’t remember the code well. The problems are going to be long-term as the pace of change increases.

If you think about it, successful products rely on designing well-thought-out experiences, customer discovery (see all the Forward-Deployed Enginneer job listings at OpenAI) so the code velocity somewhat becomes irrelevant.

If you’re solving the right problem and you’ve got a good team then competitive advantage comes from somewhere OUTSIDE of code velocity.

The more important question I think is does faster code yield more value long-term? At the moment, it’s like yeah we do 3.5 pull requests per day.

I’m thinking, great, good for you. You could also combine three pull requests into one and then you’re doing 1 per day. This is quantitative data that doesn’t really mean anything tangible.