Linear Report: AI coding agents flood teams with verbose PRs, straining reviews
AccBalanced · x · 2026-08-18
A new report by Linear analyzes AI usage patterns across tens of thousands of software teams. Data shows AI adoption has doubled across all functions in six months, with Product teams jumping from 12% to 34%. However, this surge has a downside: coding agents generate significantly more and longer Pull Requests, reducing motivation to review code and threatening to overwhelm code review workflows. The report tracks the shift from issue tracking to shipping, offering a snapshot of AI-assisted development in 2026.
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