--- title: Making sense of too much code | daily.dev description: iOS app releases have exploded with agentic AI, but app usage and reviews have stayed flat. A new NBER working paper tracking 100,000+ GitHub developers found... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Making sense of too much code | daily.dev og:description: iOS app releases have exploded with agentic AI, but app usage and reviews have stayed flat. A new NBER working paper tracking 100,000+ GitHub developers found... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dl38jlW0T.png og:image:alt: Making sense of too much code og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Making sense of too much code **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary iOS app releases have exploded with agentic AI, but app usage and reviews have stayed flat. A new NBER working paper tracking 100,000+ GitHub developers found that while AI boosted commits by up to 180%, actual releases only grew ~30% and marketplace usage didn't increase at all. The core argument: AI has strengthened the 'strong link' of writing code but left the weak links — marketing, documentation, trust-building, community — untouched. Drawing on examples like RethinkDB's technical superiority failing to beat MongoDB, the piece argues that in a world of near-infinite AI-generated software, the real competitive advantages are attention, trust, branding, and the unglamorous go-to-market work that developers often undervalue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Making sense of too much code","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t"},"datePublished":"2026-06-08T09:06:51.457Z","dateModified":"2026-06-08T09:07:34.152Z","description":"iOS app releases have exploded with agentic AI, but app usage and reviews have stayed flat. A new NBER working paper tracking 100,000+ GitHub developers found...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1e1b84b797969779bf895ff9b7f9a01?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c1e1b84b797969779bf895ff9b7f9a01?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"InfoWorld","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"InfoWorld","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/bf6d68a999064029b0bb09aa6268f1f3","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-sense-of-too-much-code-dl38jlw0t","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,productivity,ai-coding","timeRequired":"PT7M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"InfoWorld","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Making sense of too much code"}]} ```