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MARCH 2026

york.ac.uk Engineering AI Productivity Report

A focused summary of AI adoption, productivity lift, and code quality for the york.ac.uk engineering team.

See how AI-active teams rank this week on the Exceeds Leaderboards.

The york.ac.uk engineering team reports 89.6% AI adoption, 1.20× productivity lift, and 20.0% 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

89.6%

AI assistance is present in 89.6% of recent commits for york.ac.uk.

AI Productivity Lift

MODERATE

1.20×

AI-enabled workflows deliver an estimated 20% lift in throughput.

AI Code Quality

LOW

20.0%

Review insights show 20.0% overall code health on AI-supported changes.

How is the york.ac.uk team performing with AI?

The york.ac.uk engineering team reports 89.6% AI adoption, translating into 1.20× productivity lift while sustaining 20.0% 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?

york.ac.uk is at 89.6%. This is 45.9pp above the community median (43.7%)..

89.6%

↑45.9pp above43.7% Community Median

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

Does AI actually make developers faster?

york.ac.uk operates at 1.20×. This is 0.07× above the community median (1.13×)..

1.20×

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?

york.ac.uk holds AI-assisted quality at 20.0%. This is 3.2pp below the community median (23.2%)..

20.0%

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—97.1% of AI commits come from a few experts, raising enablement risk.

97.1%

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

How can I prove AI ROI to executives?

york.ac.uk 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.

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:

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:

GZ

gzgz.dev

(20.0%)

GW

gwu.edu

(20.0%)

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.

DD

David Dickinson

Commits7
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.43x
Code Quality20.0%
PH

Peter Hill

Commits101
AI Usage91.7%
Productivity Lift1.22x
Code Quality20.0%
JF

jfgrimm

Commits11
AI Usage38.8%
Productivity Lift1.02x
Code Quality20.0%
AC

Alex Cooper

Commits30
AI Usage60.8%
Productivity Lift1.00x
Code Quality20.0%
BP

Bhavin Patel

Commits1
AI Usage20.0%
Productivity Lift1.00x
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

15

FelixWattsYork

pyro-kinetics/pyrokinetics

al3xcooper

nushell/winget-pkgs

WerWolv/winget-pkgs

+2 more

Unknown contributor

pyro-kinetics/pyrokinetics

daviddickinson

pyro-kinetics/pyrokinetics

jfgrimm

maxim-masterov/easybuild-easyconfigs

easybuilders/easybuild-easyblocks

+1 more

nd996

easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs

maxim-masterov/easybuild-easyconfigs

Activity

108 Commits

Your Network

7 People
al3xcooper
Member
bhavin.patel@york.ac.uk
Member
daviddickinson
Member
FelixWattsYork
Member
jfgrimm
Member
nd996
Member
ZedThree
Member

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93% quality → lower rollback risk

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