The GenAI Productivity Paradox: Faster and Slower at the Same Time
Over a decade in the Java and Spring ecosystem taught a clear lesson: generative AI only helps when the task is simple, well-bounded, and style-agnostic, otherwise, it slows things down. The friction starts with code suggestions that are technically correct but stylistically off, forcing constant edits to re-align with hard‑won idioms, architecture, and conventions that…
