Author: Chantal Kapani

“We need to stop talking about AI as a magic fix and instead focus on the specifics: where are the biggest points of friction for developers, how can AI help alleviate that friction, and specifically how should developers use AI tools to overcome that friction and move faster?” Laura Tacho, CTO at DX told LeadDev earlier this year.

Not sure if I captured this before. but writing code was never the bottleneck in software development. And no engineer is able to drive a single feature to completion. Stakeholders are always involved.

_{Quote Citation: Chantal Kapani, “AI productivity gains are being offset by organizational bottlenecks - LeadDev”, 2025-07-10, https://leaddev.com/velocity/ai-productivity-gains-are-being-offset-by-organizational-bottlenecks}