Affirm: 60% of PRs Now Agent-Assisted, PR Volume Up 58% YoY After One-Week Agentic Retooling
Affirm Technology / Hacker News (32pts)·medium signal
Affirm's engineering blog details how a 9-person working group retooled their entire org for agentic development in one week. Key decisions: Claude Code as the single default tool, local-first development, explicit human checkpoints only for intent, plan approval, code review, and merge. Result: 60% of PRs are now agent-assisted (up from near zero four months ago), weekly merged PR volume up 58% YoY. 32 points, 22 comments on HN with debate about sustainability.