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Spotify says its best developers haven’t written a line of code since December, thanks to AI

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Spotify reports that its top developers have stopped writing code manually since December, crediting AI tools for accelerated development. The streaming giant attributes this productivity surge to Claude Code and Honk, its internal AI system. This shift highlights how generative AI is fundamentally transforming software development workflows, enabling developers to focus on higher-level problem-solving rather than manual coding tasks.