One of my old hobbies was writing for independent music magazines, such as Spill Magazine (distributed free at music venues) and DV8 (distributed free at hair salons). Over the years, I saw hundreds of unsigned bands and learned a crucial lesson: Amplification makes everything you do really loud, but it doesn’t fundamentally change whether what you’re doing is good or bad.
This law of amplification applies equally to software development, according to DORA’s State of AI-assisted Software Development report. AI is an amplifier that will








