Velocity11 blog

Plain-language posts on AI, automation and owning your tools.

Oct 14, 2026

AI felt 20% faster. It measured 19% slower. Then they measured again.

A controlled experiment found developers worked 19% slower with AI while feeling 20% faster. A year later the same experiment flipped. Here is what changed.

Oct 9, 2026

Will AI make us think less? What the surveys say, and a 3-step habit

53% of Americans expect AI to make people worse at creative thinking. A Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon study of 319 workers adds a twist. Here is what both say and a simple habit.

Oct 7, 2026

AI made people faster. So why are they more worried?

In a survey of 81,000 AI users, people who got the biggest speedups worried most about their jobs. Here is why that makes sense.

Oct 5, 2026

Why more people are scared of AI than two years ago

Pew's 2026 data shows more Americans are worried about AI, and young adults flipped the most. Here are the numbers in plain words.

Oct 3, 2026

Will AI take my job? What people in 37 countries actually said

A plain look at what a 37-country Pew survey and 81,000 AI users say about jobs and AI.