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MARCH 2026

rive.app Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The rive.app engineering team reports 87.7% AI adoption, 1.40× productivity lift, and 46.8% 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

87.7%

AI assistance is present in 87.7% of recent commits for rive.app.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.40×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 40% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

46.8%

Review insights show 46.8% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the rive.app team performing with AI?

The rive.app engineering team reports 87.7% AI adoption, translating into 1.40× productivity lift while sustaining 46.8% 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?

rive.app is at 87.7%. This is 44.0pp above the community median (43.7%)..

87.7%

↑44.0pp above43.7% Community Median

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

Does AI actually make developers faster?

rive.app operates at 1.40×. This is 0.27× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.40×

↑0.27× 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?

rive.app holds AI-assisted quality at 46.8%. This is 23.6pp above the community median (23.2%)..

46.8%

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—87.2% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

87.2%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

rive.app 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%)

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:

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.

DS

David Skuza

Commits53
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality100.0%
TO

Tod-Rive

Commits19
AI Usage42.0%
Productivity Lift1.18x
Code Quality20.0%
ER

Erik

Commits9
AI Usage70.0%
Productivity Lift1.15x
Code Quality20.0%
CD

Chris Dalton

Commits15
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.10x
Code Quality20.0%
TN

Tyler Nijmeh

Commits3
AI Usage22.0%
Productivity Lift1.05x
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

3

Tod-Rive

rive-app/rive-docs

csmartdalton

AvaloniaUI/angle

dskuza

rive-app/rive-docs

umberto-sonnino

rive-app/rive-docs

ErikUggeldahl

rive-app/rive-docs

Unknown contributor

CocoaPods/Specs

Activity

74 Commits

Your Network

8 People
csmartdalton
Member
dskuza
Member
ErikUggeldahl
Member
jeffatrive
Member
support@rive.app
Member
Tod-Rive
Member
tylernij
Member
umberto-sonnino
Member

Why these metrics matter for engineering managers

Faster delivery

1.4x lift → predictable roadmaps

Safer velocity

93% quality → lower rollback risk

Equitable gains

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