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MARCH 2026

desy.de Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the desy.de engineering team.

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The desy.de engineering team reports 61.5% AI adoption, 1.16× productivity lift, and 53.6% code quality across recent work.

These metrics track how AI integrates into delivery pipelines, how throughput changes when assistance is used, and the health of AI-supported code review outcomes.

What this report measures

We analyze commits and diffs to estimate AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for your engineering organization.

How to interpret these metrics

Use these signals to understand how AI assistance fits into day-to-day development, where enablement efforts drive throughput, and how review practices keep quality steady.

AI Adoption Rate

MODERATE

61.5%

AI assistance is present in 61.5% of recent commits for desy.de.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.16×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 16% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

53.6%

Review insights show 53.6% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the desy.de team performing with AI?

The desy.de engineering team reports 61.5% AI adoption, translating into 1.16× productivity lift while sustaining 53.6% code quality. These outcomes suggest AI-supported reviews are embedded in day-to-day delivery without trading off reliability.

Manager Questions Answered

Real questions engineering leaders ask about AI productivity, with live benchmarks and company-specific data.

What's a good company AI adoption rate?

desy.de is at 61.5%. This is 17.6pp above the community median (43.8%)..

61.5%

Roughly in line43.8% Community Median

Spot squads sitting below the median and pair them with high-adoption champions to share workflows.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

desy.de operates at 1.16×. This is 0.03× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.16×

Roughly in line1.13× Community Median

Instrument reviewer assignment and AI summaries to trim the slowest merge steps and edge past the median.

How does AI affect code quality?

desy.de holds AI-assisted quality at 53.6%. This is 30.3pp above the community median (23.3%)..

53.6%

Roughly in line23.3% Community Median

Invest in AI-specific test checklists and shadow reviews to keep quality slightly ahead of peers.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—93.1% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

93.1%

Run prompt-sharing sessions, codify AI review checklists, and incentivize broad participation.

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

desy.de has a solid ROI signal with room to strengthen either adoption, lift, or quality before presenting to executives.

Document case studies where AI accelerates delivery while maintaining quality, and expand playbooks across teams.

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How Your Company Ranks

See how top engineering organizations compare across AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality.

AI Adoption

% of commits with AI assistance

Companies in this quartile:

QU

quantstack.net

(87.6%)

ST

student.su

(87.6%)

DG

dglover.co

(21.5%)

MO

monade.li

(21.5%)

Top 25% of teams adopt AI in 65-75% of their commits.

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

KO

konghq.com

(6.64×)

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

Top performers sustain 1.5× cycle-time improvements over six months when embedding AI into workflows.

Code Quality

Post-merge defect rate

Companies in this quartile:

KO

konghq.com

(795.0%)

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

Top 25% maintain quality above 92% while expanding AI usage, pairing automation with rigorous guardrails.

Rankings based on aggregated Exceeds AI dataset of 1.2M commits across open-source and enterprise engineering teams (Q4 2025).

Top contributors

Top contributors combine high AI adoption and quality output. Encourage internal sharing of best practices.

GM

Gernot Maier

Commits2,275
AI Usage94.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality90.0%
TM

Thomas Madlener

Commits37
AI Usage92.4%
Productivity Lift1.39x
Code Quality20.0%
TO

tobiaskleiner

Commits733
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.27x
Code Quality68.0%
EJ

Eshita Joshi

Commits268
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.13x
Code Quality76.0%
DB

Devin Burke

Commits6
AI Usage42.0%
Productivity Lift1.12x
Code Quality20.0%

Encourage knowledge transfer from top AI users to others through internal mentoring or recorded "AI coding walkthroughs." Balanced adoption across the team typically improves overall performance by 12-15%.

Cross-Organization Network

Shared Repositories

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microsoft/vcpkg

MatthiasFuessling

gammapy/gammapy-meetings

MaxThevenet

EZoni/WarpX

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devicons/devicon

RPeschke

microsoft/vcpkg

nshehz

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Activity

3,646 Commits

Your Network

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Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

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