Why AI made code review the new bottleneck, and the metric that spotted it | Newsela's Dee Wilcox

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You can't automate a planning process that only some of your teams follow. This week on Dev Interrupted, Newsela CTO Dee Wilcox joins Dan Lines, LinearB's COO and co-founder in our AI Enablement interview series. She shows how Newsela brought dev cycle time down from four days to closer to two, and why she treats code review time as a measure of how long engineers wait for feedback. They close the conversation on proving AI ROI to the board, where Dan makes the case for cost per effective PR, a metric that only counts the PRs that ship without causing incidents or needing rework.  Save your seat: What your software factory is doing to your engineers Follow the show: • Subscribe to our Substack  • Follow us on LinkedIn • Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Follow the hosts: • Follow Andrew • Follow Ben • Follow Dan Follow today's guest: • Learn more about Newsela: https://newsela.com • Accelerate Everyone: Dee's Substack on engineering leadership https://accelerateeveryone.substack.com • Connect with Dee: LinkedIn OFFERS • Start Free Trial: Get started with LinearB's AI productivity platform for free. • Book a Demo: Learn how you can ship faster, improve DevEx, and lead with conf