AI coding assistants are being rolled out to boost code output, but writing code was never the bottleneck in software delivery. Drawing on Goldratt's Theory of Constraints, the argument is that speeding up a non-bottleneck step (code writing) only creates larger piles of unfinished work downstream. The real bottlenecks are unclear requirements, overloaded PR review queues, fear-driven deploy cultures, lack of post-ship feedback loops, and organizational coordination failures. Practical advice includes mapping the value stream, measuring cycle time instead of output, reducing WIP, eliminating wait states, and listening to developers who already know where the problems are.

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Goldratt would like a wordThe horror show, or: what actually happens when you "3x code output"So where's the actual bottleneck?What to do instead (the unsexy part)The point

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