AI tools made code output surge, but shipping software still feels slow. Speeding up code creation just pushed the constraint downstream to reviews, approvals, and spec quality.
- AI increases pull request volume without expanding review capacity.
- Adding mandatory reviewers adds process friction without clearing the backlog.
- Better routing sends engineering, product, and security decisions to their actual owners in parallel queues.
- Explicit specs matter more now because AI agents build ambiguity literally without human judgment to fill gaps.
Fixing decision routing keeps your workflow moving without overloading your engineering team.
Read the full write-up to see how to fix your post-coding bottleneck:
Where the AI coding bottleneck actually goes | Upsun
Individual coding got fast. Review, approval, and spec quality didn't. A practical guide to what to put in place before the backlog gets worse.
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