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AI productivity gains are closer to 10% than 10x

What's this about?

A LeadDev report arguing that measured AI productivity gains for engineering teams are in the ~10% range, not the order-of-magnitude ("10x") improvements often claimed.

Why it matters

HN 31 pts, 25 comments. It's a grounded counterweight to hype, and it lines up with dotey's role-shift and Cursor's PR stat as people try to measure what agents actually change day to day.
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