Exceeds

MARCH 2026

live.se Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The live.se engineering team reports 94.3% AI adoption, 1.06× productivity lift, and 60.4% 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

94.3%

AI assistance is present in 94.3% of recent commits for live.se.

AI Productivity Lift

LOW

1.06×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 6% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

60.4%

Review insights show 60.4% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the live.se team performing with AI?

The live.se engineering team reports 94.3% AI adoption, translating into 1.06× productivity lift while sustaining 60.4% 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?

live.se is at 94.3%. This is 50.6pp above the community median (43.7%)..

94.3%

↑50.6pp above43.7% Community Median

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

Does AI actually make developers faster?

live.se operates at 1.06×. This is 0.07× below the community median (1.13×)..

1.06×

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?

live.se holds AI-assisted quality at 60.4%. This is 37.2pp above the community median (23.2%)..

60.4%

Roughly in line23.2% 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—66.6% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

66.6%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

live.se 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:

ID

idesie.com

(2904.2%)

IN

inngest.com

(1429.6%)

PR

prefeitura.rio

(87.4%)

NA

naduni.local

(87.4%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

AC

acad.pucrs.br

(1.12×)

MC

mcornholio.ru

(1.12×)

FL

fluxys.com

(1.01×)

TE

testinprod.io

(1.01×)

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.

HE

Hevaroo

Commits49
AI Usage94.0%
Productivity Lift1.71x
Code Quality20.0%
KG

Kevin Garcia Martin

Commits73
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.43x
Code Quality20.0%
AL

Alexander Lundberg Santos

Commits21
AI Usage94.0%
Productivity Lift1.23x
Code Quality20.0%
DG

dennis granheimer

Commits18
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.11x
Code Quality20.0%
GI

Gustav Ivering

Commits12
AI Usage36.0%
Productivity Lift1.10x
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

20

TheUnseenBug

Kusten-ar-klar-Chas-Challenge-2025/pax

zikky17

KYH-Net23/Rika

Hevaroo

aidotse/LeakPro

oscargranlund1

lovablelabs/docs

dengh

openfrontio/OpenFrontIO

tovabry

fungover/breeze

Activity

212 Commits

Your Network

20 People
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Member
AlexGustafsson
Member
hmacker
Member
cljung
Member
Flugkiller
Member
dengh
Member
TheUnseenBug
Member
zikky17
Member
VictorElHajj
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

AI less dependency on heroes

Governance

Depth monitoring audit-ready

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