AI won’t speed up software delivery — nothing has

The article argues that leaders often say they want faster software delivery, but what they really need is earlier feedback.

It says past initiatives like Agile, DevOps, and platform engineering were often marketed as speed plays, yet rarely delivered the promised gains.

AI is unlikely to solve this on its own, because the core value of delivery improvements is better learning and decision-making, not just throughput.

The piece challenges the idea that AI automatically boosts engineering productivity and says faster delivery should be judged by how quickly teams can learn.