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Google Cloud's DORA team models a 39% first-year return on AI-assisted development, then tells you not to treat it as a formula. What it assumes, the productivity dip it hides, and the cost line most rollouts miss.
Manu Shukla 
Antigravity is free for individuals and consumption-billed through Google Cloud, with no organisational tier by contract. Cursor sells seats from $32 to $120. Five gaps decide which one survives a rollout.
Manu Shukla 
Almost every developer now uses AI, yet measured productivity gains have stalled near 10%, and one study found experienced developers were slower. A data-led read for engineering leaders on the real ROI and what
Manu Shukla 
AI coding studies contradict each other: 55% faster in the lab, 19% slower in a field trial. A senior engineer's playbook for measuring the real delivery impact of AI coding agents in 2026.
Manu Shukla 
Billing for GitHub Code Quality started automatically on 20 July 2026 at $10 per active committer per month, plus Actions minutes and AI usage. The counting rule is unusual, and it changes which repositories are worth
Manu Shukla 
On July 2, 2026, Mark Zuckerberg told Meta staff that AI agent progress had not accelerated as executives expected, after 8,000 layoffs and up to $145 billion of 2026 capex. Gartner puts agent pilot failure at 89%. Six
Manu Shukla 
The React Native talent pool runs roughly 10 to 15 times larger than Flutter's, and a senior US hire takes 4 to 8 weeks against 8 to 16 for Flutter. Performance is no longer the deciding variable: both frameworks clear
Manu Shukla 