The 2025 DORA report dropped, and the big headline is: AI isn’t optional anymore — it’s table stakes.
Most devs are spending ~2 hours a day with AI tools, and for a majority, half the workflow runs through them. Yet only about a quarter say they actually trust the outputs. That tension (dependence without trust) feels like the defining problem of this next era.
The report also calls out that the teams pulling ahead are the ones that treat AI as part of a disciplined dev platform, with governance and guardrails. The laggards are the ones slapping AI onto messy processes and hoping for magic.
Curious where folks here land:
- Are your teams actually seeing velocity gains with AI, or just more rework?
- Have you bothered with governance, or are you letting usage run wild?
- What would it take for you to actually trust AI as part of the workflow?
Full article if you want the details:
https://adtmag.com/articles/2025/09/24/what-2025-dora-report-means-for-developers.aspx