What the Developer Ranked No. 1 Companywide for AI Token Usage Learned from 148,000 Conversations - Kurly Tech Blog

A Kurly tech blog developer shared 53 days of AI use, with 148,000+ conversations and about 10 billion tokens consumed.

The key lesson: productivity comes less from using more AI and more from running work through six stages—explore, plan, break down, implement, verify, and document.

The post argues that a developer’s role is shifting from coding to orchestration, especially when coordinating AI agents.

It also details recurring AI failure patterns and practical ways to reduce them, such as better context, validation, and workflow design.