{"slug": "ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review", "title": "AI’s time savings are disappearing into code review", "summary": "The share of developers saving 10 hours a week with AI fell from 68% to 25%, according to Atlassian's 2026 State of Developer Experience report, as code review absorbs the gains. The report also found that finding information and meetings remain the biggest sources of developer friction, and that developers with a clear AI strategy are twice as likely to see reduced friction.", "body_md": "October 28, 2026\n\nEstimated reading time: 2 minutes\n\n**Key takeaways:**\n\n- The share of developers saving **10 hours a week** with AI fell from**68% to 25%** , as**code review** eats the gains.\n- **Finding information** and**meetings** still cause the most developer friction.\n- A clear AI strategy makes reduced friction **twice as likely** for developers.\n\nAsk a developer whether [AI](https://leaddev.com/ai/best-ai-coding-assistants) makes them faster and you’ll get a quick yes. Ask whether their team ships faster and the answer gets a lot more complicated. Atlassian’s [2026 State of Developer Experience report](https://www.atlassian.com/teams/software-development/state-of-developer-experience-2026) puts numbers on that gap.\n\n## Join LeadDev.com for free to access this content\n\nOctober 28, 2026", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review", "canonical_source": "https://leaddev.com/ai/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review?utm_source=leaddev&utm_medium=RSS", "published_at": "2026-10-28 07:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-28 07:13:38.147461+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Atlassian", "LeadDev", "State of Developer Experience report"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ais-time-savings-are-disappearing-into-code-review.jsonld"}}