Team's AI harness push: +43% story points, but 3x goal missed
Ok-Imagination2904 · reddit · 2026-10-28
An engineering team rolled out an AI harness aiming for 3x productivity and fell short, but saw real gains: story points up 43%, turnaround time down 16%, hands-on time per task cut by 50%, and juniors resolving 80% of daily questions with AI before escalation. Rollout ran June–August with a learning curve; not a controlled experiment. The surprise: junior engineers gained confidence to tackle bigger tasks independently.
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