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MARCH 2026

konghq.com Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The konghq.com engineering team reports 857.2% AI adoption, 6.64× productivity lift, and 795.0% 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

HIGH

857.2%

AI assistance is present in 857.2% of recent commits for konghq.com.

AI Productivity Lift

HIGH

6.64×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 564% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

HIGH

795.0%

Review insights show 795.0% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the konghq.com team performing with AI?

The konghq.com engineering team reports 857.2% AI adoption, translating into 6.64× productivity lift while sustaining 795.0% 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?

konghq.com is at 857.2%. This is 813.4pp above the community median (43.8%)..

857.2%

↑813.4pp above43.8% Community Median

Keep codifying prompts and monitoring adoption so the lead over peers is sustainable.

Does AI actually make developers faster?

konghq.com operates at 6.64×. This is 5.50× above the community median (1.13×)..

6.64×

↑5.50× above1.13× Community Median

Double down on automation around QA and release prep to compound the gains already in flight.

How does AI affect code quality?

konghq.com holds AI-assisted quality at 795.0%. This is 771.7pp above the community median (23.3%)..

795.0%

↑771.7pp above23.3% Community Median

Maintain review playbooks and expand AI linting coverage to guard the high standard.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—98.4% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

98.4%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

konghq.com combines strong adoption, lift, and quality control—making the ROI story executive-ready.

Link these metrics to deployment frequency and incident cost to convert engineering wins into business KPIs.

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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:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PE

pevesoft.ro

(87.6%)

VL

vllmr.dev

(87.6%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

IN

inngest.com

(4.82×)

U.

u.nus.edu

(2.87×)

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:

IN

inngest.com

(701.7%)

ID

idesie.com

(649.2%)

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.

FR

Fabian Rodriguez

Commits1,264
AI Usage6378.9%
Productivity Lift43.06x
Code Quality6378.8%
KU

Kong UI Bot

Commits663
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
PA

Pankaj

Commits59
AI Usage91.7%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
KW

Kent Wang

Commits51
AI Usage93.6%
Productivity Lift1.99x
Code Quality20.0%
PM

Patryk Małek

Commits613
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.99x
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

30

nekolab

Kong/public-ui-components

Kong/kong

+1 more

cwangsmv

Kong/insomnia

Kong/insomnia-test

ryanmoore

Kong/public-ui-components

Automaat

kumahq/kuma

kumahq/kuma-website

andrewwylde

Kong/public-ui-components

samugi

Kong/kong

Kong/docs.konghq.com

+1 more

Activity

2,608 Commits

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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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