AI Is Making Developers Faster. It's Also Exposing What's Broken in Software Delivery
Atlassian, Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
Atlassian's 2026 State of Developer Experience report finds 87% of developers ship faster with AI, but 72% see the same or more friction.
Atlassian discusses its 2026 State of Developer Experience report, which finds a disconnect between AI adoption, developer productivity and organizational performance.
Eighty-seven percent of developers say AI helps them ship work faster, but 72% experience the same or more friction than before.
The author describes a leader whose team was swamped by AI-generated work from upstream teams.
Atlassian argues that using AI to absorb that load only moves the bottleneck down the line.