GitHub CEO: Our Devs Barely Write Code

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GitHub's CEO observes that developers spend only 2-3 hours per day actually writing code, with an equal amount of time on code review. He envisions AI agents taking over code review, auto-fixing linter errors, resolving security vulnerabilities, and burning down security backlogs — while humans remain in the loop before merging to production. GitHub plans to evolve its platform to support AI agents working alongside humans across distributed teams.

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