Research — hectorsanchez.euMethod-driven work with a hypothesis, data, and findings.https://hectorsanchez.eu/Does AI assistance actually make developers faster? A meta-analysishttps://hectorsanchez.eu/writing/research/ai-assistance-developer-productivity-meta-analysis/https://hectorsanchez.eu/writing/research/ai-assistance-developer-productivity-meta-analysis/Six studies, three controlled, three observational, on the productivity impact of AI coding assistants. The headline: yes, but with a large 'it depends' and a 'for some tasks' that the popular narrative elides.Sun, 10 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTsocial-scienceairesearcheconomicsbuilding