"Developer velocity has grown by 500%!" is every manager's dream. Meanwhile we're running out of tokens and we need to provide results. Managers are measured by the efficiency of their AI rollout.
But "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." This is Goodhart’s Law and it still holds true in the age of AI.
This talk will discuss how to step out of the AI hype, stop massaging the metrics and build "Goodhart resistant" telemetry that measures systemic health and actual value delivered over superficial velocity.