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Agentic Fatigue Meets Vibe Coding: The AI Developer Productivity Paradox of 2026
A growing body of analysis documents the 'agentic fatigue' phenomenon: developers using AI coding tools experience a double bind where pressure to justify AI spending leads to longer hours, which accelerates burnout, degrades code quality, and increases rework that burns more tokens. The DORA 2025 report found Copilot users had 17% lower burnout risk — but this was less than the 28% reduction among developers without AI tool access, suggesting the tools themselves may introduce new cognitive overhead that partially offsets their speed benefits.
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