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MARCH 2026

ucar.edu Engineering AI Productivity Report

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

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The ucar.edu engineering team reports 46.4% AI adoption, 0.71× productivity lift, and 12.3% 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

46.4%

AI assistance is present in 46.4% of recent commits for ucar.edu.

AI Productivity Lift

LOW

0.71×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 0% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

12.3%

Review insights show 12.3% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the ucar.edu team performing with AI?

The ucar.edu engineering team reports 46.4% AI adoption, translating into 0.71× productivity lift while sustaining 12.3% 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?

ucar.edu is at 46.4%. This is 2.7pp above the community median (43.7%)..

46.4%

Roughly in line43.7% Community Median

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

Does AI actually make developers faster?

ucar.edu operates at 0.71×. This is 0.42× below the community median (1.13×)..

0.71×

↓0.42× below1.13× Community Median

Pilot AI-assisted grooming, ticket triage, or incident retros to create visible productivity wins.

How does AI affect code quality?

ucar.edu holds AI-assisted quality at 12.3%. This is 10.9pp below the community median (23.2%)..

12.3%

↓10.9pp below23.2% Community Median

Add structured AI code review rubrics and require human sign-off for critical surfaces.

How evenly is AI use distributed across our team?

AI impact is concentrated—60.7% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

60.7%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

To prove ROI, ucar.edu needs steadier adoption, measurable lift, and consistent quality. The ingredients are forming but not yet executive-grade.

Start with a lighthouse project, measure cycle improvements end-to-end, and harden quality guardrails.

See how your full organization compares

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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:

CA

cancun.tecnm.mx

(87.3%)

MO

momentohq.com

(87.3%)

UB

ub.edu

(21.2%)

RO

rossabaker.com

(21.2%)

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

Productivity Lift

Cycle-time improvement vs baseline

Companies in this quartile:

RO

rockstarwizard.ninja

(1.00×)

.I

.ieselrincon.es

(1.00×)

DR

draad.nl

(-9.59×)

WG

wgu.edu

(-0.41×)

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:

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

DR

draad.nl

(-82634.9%)

IN

inria.fr

(-2424.6%)

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.

JH

John Halley Gotway

Commits23
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift2.00x
Code Quality20.0%
JP

Julie Prestopnik

Commits25
AI Usage54.0%
Productivity Lift1.67x
Code Quality20.0%
MD

Matt Dawson

Commits29
AI Usage96.4%
Productivity Lift1.56x
Code Quality20.0%
JS

Jian Sun

Commits26
AI Usage95.5%
Productivity Lift1.44x
Code Quality46.9%
CK

Christina Kalb

Commits4
AI Usage92.0%
Productivity Lift1.33x
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

13

carl-drews

NCAR/music-box

haydenlj

JCSDA-internal/ioda-converters

sjsprecious

NCAR/micm

E3SM-Project/E3SM

montythind

NCAR/music-box

NCAR/musica

+1 more

jprestop

dtcenter/METplus

boulderdaze

NCAR/musica

Activity

212 Commits

Your Network

29 People
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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

Equitable gains

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