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Robert Stowe
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AI and Coding Tools
The challenges of evaluating AI coding tools
September 2026
A review of the vibe coding research, and what it agrees on
September 2026
AI raised coding output 180% and releases 30%
September 2026
84% of developers feel faster with AI, 20% measure it
August 2026
Coding agents sped up the task and weakened understanding
August 2026
Agent pull requests merge at 65%, humans at 85%
July 2026
Developers projected to add 267,700 jobs by 2034
July 2026
The 2026 Stack Overflow survey is open, for humans only
July 2026
Adoption of coding agents at Microsoft spread through peers
July 2026
AI writes nearly a third of new US software functions
June 2026
Most engineering leaders say AI raised velocity by a quarter
May 2026
What I think reviewers should look for in agent-written code
May 2026
An AGENTS.md file cut agent runtime by a quarter
May 2026
Questions I think a team should ask before an AI tool trial
May 2026
98% more pull requests, 91% longer reviews, flat delivery
May 2026
What I think a team needs before adopting an AI coding tool
April 2026
Agent pull requests: task type matters more than the agent
April 2026
With AI, developers coded more and collaborated far less
March 2026
The AI productivity study that found a slowdown is changing
March 2026
How coding agents describe pull requests matters
February 2026
Study of 567 Claude Code pull requests: 84% were merged
February 2026
Learning a new library with AI help: scores 17% lower
February 2026
How core and new contributors use coding agents differently
January 2026
Google’s 2025 DevOps research report: AI is an amplifier
January 2026
Software developer jobs projected up 17.9% by 2033
January 2026
AI coding is everywhere, but not everyone is convinced
January 2026
Stack Overflow 2025 survey, AI adoption up, trust down
January 2026
Building a Scalable AI Web Application: From React.js Development to AWS Deployment
June 2025
Precision Prompting: Maximizing AI’s Value in Improving an Existing Test Suite
March 2025
