World Congress 2026 Europe • Jul 10, 2026 • Session details

Measuring the Wrong Things Faster Than Ever

AI tools write 17x more code, yet releases only grew 1.3x. Stop optimizing for dangerous token leaderboards. Discover how to measure true engineering outcomes over AI-generated noise.

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Measuring software impact instead of lines of code

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Measuring developer productivity, efficiency metrics, and team happiness

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Measuring developer productivity without killing engineering flow

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Motivations for adopting AI to enhance developer productivity

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Overcoming review fatigue and measuring true engineering productivity

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Measuring generative AI impact on team productivity

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