Team-Productivity

Everyone’s adding AI to everything right now. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT for code reviews, AI-powered testing tools – the pressure to adopt is intense. I get it. I’ve been through similar waves with microservices, NoSQL, and containerization. But here’s what I’ve learned: the shiny new tool often comes with costs that don’t show up in the demo. The Infrastructure Tax You Don’t See Coming Last month, I helped a startup debug their “AI-enhanced” development workflow. Their build times had tripled. Why? Every pull request triggered three different AI tools: code analysis, test generation, and documentation updates. ...

I’ve onboarded 200+ developers over the years. The ones who succeed fastest? They’re not necessarily the best coders - they’re the ones who can navigate bad documentation and still get productive. But here’s the thing: it doesn’t have to be this way. After watching countless talented developers struggle with terrible docs (and writing my fair share of bad ones), I’ve learned what actually works. Why Most Dev Docs Fail Let’s be honest - most documentation is written by the person who built the thing, for someone who already understands the thing. It’s the classic curse of knowledge, and it kills productivity. ...