Ep 27 | AI Coding Assistants: Real Productivity Gains for Senior Devs (Ep 27)

Episode 27 of the series "AI Engineering for Experienced Developers". Every team claims their AI coding assistant doubled velocity. The reality is messier: Claude Code, Copilot, and Cursor-style tools deliver real gains only when you change how you work, not just what autocompletes. This episode breaks down where the time actually gets saved, where it gets quietly lost, and the review habits that keep AI-generated code from becoming tomorrow's incident. Part of the 'AI Engineering for Experienced Developers' series, Module 5: AI for Developer Productivity. Built for engineers with five to fifteen-plus years of experience moving into AI engineering roles, who want workflow changes that hold up under real deadlines, not demo-day magic tricks. Chapters: Chapters 0:00 AI Coding Assistants: The Real Gains 0:39 The Productivity Claim Problem 1:24 Where Gains Are Real 2:10 Where Gains Evaporate 2:59 Tool Landscape: Three Models 3:46 Workflow: Scope Before You Prompt 4:30 Workflow: Keep a Tight Loop 5:12 Reviewing AI-Generated Code 5:58 Measuring Your Own Gains 6:41 Recap and Next Steps #AIEngineering #AICodingAssistants #ClaudeCode #DeveloperProductivity #SoftwareEngineering