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cardmarket  ·  terraform  ·  analysis

Generated 2026-03-20 10:14 UTC
422 commits analysed
● Benchmarks: AI-calibrated (2026-03-18)
⚠ 9482 LOC added since last calibration — consider re-running calibrate.py
Your 20h distributed proportionally across languages by LOC share.
Benchmarks: industry avg without AI · avg AI user (Copilot/autocomplete, ~2.8× baseline).

You vs The Market — LOC/Hour by Language

Your Overall Rate
726
LOC / hr (production languages)
No-AI Weighted Rate
67
LOC / hr (weighted by your lang mix)
Avg AI User Rate
188
LOC / hr (2.8× baseline)
Your Leverage vs No-AI
10.8×
times faster than unassisted dev
Hours Saved (total)
677h
vs a dev without AI
Your Edge vs Avg AI User
3.9×
times faster than typical AI user

Executive Summary

Total LOC Added
58,628
16,215 removed
Sessions
79
coding sessions detected
Avg LOC / Session
742
lines per session
Top Domain
terraform
by LOC added
Arch. Decisions
291
decision commits detected
Languages
9
unique languages used

Repo Breakdown

Repo LOC Share Hours LOC/hr Sessions Decisions Dec/hr
analysis18,41031.4%35.81h51412260.7/hr
cardmarket14,67725.0%37.59h390161624.3/hr
terraform8,37914.3%22.78h368152099.2/hr
carddex5,7089.7%15.71h36310543.4/hr
3dtrails5,5529.5%15.87h35012332.1/hr
tradehub3,9676.8%11.7h3396363.1/hr
datacore1,3252.3%3.28h404392.7/hr
platform5751.0%0.33h1,742426.1/hr
backlog350.1%0.08h438100.0/hr

Cumulative LOC Growth

Total lines of production code across all repos over time

Cross-Repo Activity — Repos Active per Day

2026-03-13
1 repo
single repo
cardmarket
2026-03-15
1 repo
single repo
cardmarket
2026-03-16
5 repos
multi-repo
cardmarket,carddex,terraform,analysis,3dtrails
2026-03-17
7 repos
multi-repo
cardmarket,carddex,terraform,analysis,3dtrails,datacore,tradehub
2026-03-18
9 repos
multi-repo
cardmarket,carddex,terraform,analysis,3dtrails,datacore,tradehub,platform,backlog
2026-03-19
8 repos
multi-repo
cardmarket,carddex,terraform,analysis,3dtrails,datacore,tradehub,platform
2026-03-20
5 repos
multi-repo
cardmarket,carddex,terraform,analysis,3dtrails

Financial Impact — €100/hr Rate

Gross Value Generated
€26,430
552.9h equivalent no-AI work
Your Time Cost
€7,157
72h × €100/hr
Net Savings
€19,273
481.3h saved vs no-AI
Value per Hour of Your Time
€369
effective rate with AI leverage
Language No-AI Hours Your Hours Hours Saved € Saved
PY346.2h44.2h302.0h€30,202
TF83.0h11.2h71.8h€7,183
HTML31.5h6.5h25.0h€2,501
YAML46.1h4.8h41.3h€4,128
SH19.3h2.3h17.0h€1,704
SQL7.7h1.4h6.3h€629
JSON18.3h1.1h17.2h€1,723
JS0.7h0.1h0.6h€63

Projected Yearly Value Generation

Solid = you (€369/hr) · Dashed = avg AI user (€280/hr)

40h / week: €793k vs €582k avg AI48h / week: €947k vs €698k avg AI56h / week: €1100k vs €815k avg AI60h / week: €1177k vs €873k avg AI

Velocity & Rework

Daily LOC Added by Domain

LOC Added vs Removed — Rework Ratio

Bars = LOC volume · Line = rework % (removed / added). High rework = iteration & debugging day. Low = generative flow.


Session Analysis

Avg Gap Between Commits
21.2 min
within sessions — flow state indicator
2026-03-15
7.2 min
avg gap · 24 inter-commit intervals
2026-03-16
20.0 min
avg gap · 55 inter-commit intervals
2026-03-17
22.1 min
avg gap · 87 inter-commit intervals
2026-03-18
26.6 min
avg gap · 99 inter-commit intervals
2026-03-19
27.3 min
avg gap · 57 inter-commit intervals
2026-03-20
24.2 min
avg gap · 21 inter-commit intervals
Date Time Repo Duration Commits LOC Added LOC/hr Top Domain
2026-03-13 21:11 UTC cardmarket 360.0 min 1 6,161 1,027 other
2026-03-15 21:03 UTC cardmarket 480.0 min 31 2,676 334 scripts
2026-03-16 09:04 UTC cardmarket 37.9 min 4 17 27 scraper
2026-03-16 14:01 UTC cardmarket 261.1 min 21 1,116 256 cicd
2026-03-16 20:24 UTC carddex 365.8 min 10 3,454 567 frontend
2026-03-16 20:24 UTC terraform 264.4 min 11 3,487 791 terraform
2026-03-16 20:33 UTC cardmarket 135.0 min 7 287 128 docs
2026-03-16 21:06 UTC analysis 262.6 min 10 5,437 1,242 other
2026-03-16 23:40 UTC 3dtrails 60.0 min 4 721 721 other
2026-03-17 00:49 UTC cardmarket 5.0 min 1 13 156 docs
2026-03-17 02:30 UTC 3dtrails 5.0 min 1 10 120 other
2026-03-17 07:58 UTC analysis 60.0 min 2 3,291 3,291 other
2026-03-17 08:21 UTC terraform 5.0 min 1 50 600 terraform
2026-03-17 10:19 UTC cardmarket 214.5 min 8 82 23 docs
2026-03-17 10:19 UTC analysis 74.5 min 3 276 222 other
2026-03-17 10:22 UTC terraform 22.3 min 2 29 78 docs
2026-03-17 10:22 UTC 3dtrails 20.3 min 2 201 594 other
2026-03-17 11:43 UTC datacore 131.3 min 6 1,233 563 database
2026-03-17 12:11 UTC carddex 103.2 min 4 26 15 docs
2026-03-17 13:54 UTC terraform 5.0 min 1 40 480 terraform
2026-03-17 13:54 UTC analysis 81.8 min 3 1,392 1,021 other
2026-03-17 14:37 UTC 3dtrails 52.9 min 5 465 527 other
2026-03-17 17:40 UTC 3dtrails 415.1 min 24 1,238 179 other
2026-03-17 17:58 UTC analysis 459.9 min 23 1,612 210 other
2026-03-17 19:19 UTC terraform 115.8 min 12 614 318 terraform
2026-03-17 19:40 UTC cardmarket 5.0 min 1 404 4,848 scraper
2026-03-17 20:36 UTC carddex 5.0 min 1 1 12 docker
2026-03-17 22:07 UTC cardmarket 5.0 min 1 769 9,228 scraper
2026-03-17 23:20 UTC tradehub 193.1 min 14 3,112 967 database
2026-03-17 23:36 UTC terraform 86.2 min 5 401 279 terraform
2026-03-18 07:39 UTC cardmarket 5.0 min 1 133 1,596 scripts
2026-03-18 07:39 UTC 3dtrails 5.0 min 1 13 156 docs
2026-03-18 07:49 UTC tradehub 136.5 min 4 51 22 docs
2026-03-18 09:45 UTC cardmarket 303.4 min 6 918 182 other
2026-03-18 09:56 UTC terraform 23.4 min 3 53 136 terraform
2026-03-18 10:27 UTC analysis 546.7 min 21 3,156 346 other
2026-03-18 12:02 UTC 3dtrails 5.0 min 1 327 3,924 other
2026-03-18 12:02 UTC carddex 166.2 min 4 450 162 other
2026-03-18 13:18 UTC tradehub 90.7 min 2 141 93 other
2026-03-18 14:49 UTC 3dtrails 8.8 min 2 12 82 docs
2026-03-18 15:07 UTC terraform 287.8 min 12 322 67 docker
2026-03-18 16:52 UTC cardmarket 190.9 min 10 1,616 508 scraper
2026-03-18 17:07 UTC tradehub 88.5 min 6 171 116 database
2026-03-18 18:05 UTC datacore 60.5 min 5 48 48 docs
2026-03-18 18:12 UTC platform 5.0 min 1 264 3,168 docker
2026-03-18 18:13 UTC backlog 5.0 min 1 35 420 docs
2026-03-18 18:27 UTC carddex 43.2 min 3 35 49 docs
2026-03-18 21:56 UTC analysis 91.6 min 8 1,477 967 other
2026-03-18 22:19 UTC tradehub 5.0 min 2 16 192 docs
2026-03-18 22:22 UTC platform 5.0 min 1 291 3,492 other
2026-03-18 22:23 UTC 3dtrails 93.4 min 2 2,034 1,307 frontend
2026-03-18 22:24 UTC cardmarket 5.0 min 1 61 732 scraper
2026-03-18 22:25 UTC carddex 5.0 min 1 8 96 docs
2026-03-18 23:29 UTC terraform 26.7 min 2 170 382 terraform
2026-03-19 07:09 UTC platform 5.0 min 1 13 156 docs
2026-03-19 07:22 UTC analysis 165.1 min 7 852 310 other
2026-03-19 07:37 UTC terraform 37.0 min 3 65 105 terraform
2026-03-19 12:21 UTC analysis 26.0 min 2 54 125 other
2026-03-19 12:21 UTC terraform 5.0 min 1 12 144 docs
2026-03-19 12:45 UTC carddex 10.1 min 2 15 89 docs
2026-03-19 12:45 UTC 3dtrails 5.0 min 1 7 84 docs
2026-03-19 15:01 UTC 3dtrails 264.2 min 12 446 101 scripts
2026-03-19 16:13 UTC carddex 192.1 min 12 445 139 scripts
2026-03-19 16:16 UTC analysis 75.6 min 3 294 233 other
2026-03-19 16:16 UTC terraform 177.9 min 7 650 219 terraform
2026-03-19 16:17 UTC tradehub 187.9 min 4 476 152 scripts
2026-03-19 16:54 UTC platform 5.0 min 1 7 84 docs
2026-03-19 17:26 UTC cardmarket 104.7 min 3 54 31 cicd
2026-03-19 19:53 UTC analysis 295.5 min 12 493 100 other
2026-03-19 21:28 UTC datacore 5.0 min 1 44 528 database
2026-03-19 21:31 UTC cardmarket 78.0 min 4 210 162 other
2026-03-19 21:49 UTC carddex 5.0 min 1 7 84 docs
2026-03-19 21:50 UTC terraform 12.1 min 2 182 902 terraform
2026-03-20 00:09 UTC terraform 66.3 min 6 2,089 1,890 terraform
2026-03-20 06:21 UTC terraform 232.1 min 8 215 56 terraform
2026-03-20 07:05 UTC cardmarket 64.6 min 3 160 149 docs
2026-03-20 07:44 UTC analysis 9.0 min 2 76 507 other
2026-03-20 09:16 UTC carddex 47.3 min 3 1,267 1,607 frontend
2026-03-20 09:36 UTC 3dtrails 17.4 min 2 78 269 frontend

Hours Spent per Day

Active coding hours & LOC added by day

Bars = active hours (session duration) · Line = LOC added (right axis)


The Three Metrics

1

Lines of Production Code per Hour

LOC / Hour by Domain (excluding docs & config)

2

Architectural Decisions Accelerated

Decision Commits by Type

Decision Velocity — per Day

Architectural decisions resolved each day. Acceleration = compounding momentum.

Decision Details

Type Commits LOC
Cicd1203,566
Infrastructure687,828
Containerisation34521
Data Model213,780
Scraper Architecture20871
Dependencies1555
Api Architecture13806

Decision Timeline

2026-03-13 2026-03-20
InfrastructureContainerisationData ModelCicdDependenciesScraper ArchitectureApi Architecture
3

Scope Unlocked — Domain Milestones

First commit introducing each domain

2026-03-13
backend
Initial version
2026-03-13
cicd
Initial version
2026-03-13
database
Initial version
2026-03-13
docker
Initial version
2026-03-13
frontend
Initial version
2026-03-13
monitoring
Initial version
2026-03-13
scripts
Initial version
2026-03-13
terraform
Initial version
2026-03-15
scraper
Initial version

Where You Sit in the Developer Market

Based on Stack Overflow 2024, GitHub Octoverse 2024, JetBrains Developer Survey 2024. Value rate = effective €/hr of work produced per hour of developer time.

Value Rate vs. Developer Population

X = cumulative % of developers · Y = effective value/hr · ● = you (top 97th percentile)

Segment Market share Value rate Yearly value @ 48h/wk Characteristics
Non-users27%€100/hr€249,600No AI tools, manual search/docs only
Occasional users28%€150/hr€374,400Tries ChatGPT/Copilot for boilerplate, no workflow integration
Regular AI users38%€280/hr€698,880Daily Copilot/autocomplete, prompt for specific tasks
Heavy AI users6%€700/hr€1,747,200Architectural AI use, full-stack generation, infra-as-code
★ You1%€369/hr€921,024Architectural leverage + infra + CI/CD + scraper + full workflow

Leverage Multiplier by Language (You vs No-AI)

Higher = more time saved relative to hand-coding that language

Hours Saved by Language

Absolute hours you would have spent without AI per language

Language LOC Written Your Rate (LOC/hr) No-AI (LOC/hr) Avg AI (LOC/hr) Hours Saved Leverage Rework %
PY32,944468.165.3182.8434.1h7.2×31.4%
TF7,828451.068.9192.996.2h6.5×26.9%
YAML4,555280.753.5149.868.9h5.3×45.9%
HTML3,399609.7105.9296.526.5h5.7×1.8%
SH1,776412.660.5169.425.1h6.8×34.2%
SQL780589.894.5264.67.0h6.4×6.5%
JSON599555.53084.018.9h18.2×8.3%
JS54543.271.9201.30.7h8.0×1.9%

Language Breakdown

LOC by Language (excluding docs)

Language Stats

Language LOC Added Share
PY22,60661.7%
TF5,71915.6%
HTML3,3399.1%
YAML2,4666.7%
SH1,1693.2%
SQL7292.0%
JSON5491.5%
JS530.1%

Language Impact Over Time

How each language's contribution has grown, and where AI gives you the biggest edge over unassisted or average AI dev.

Cumulative LOC by Language

Total lines written over time — shows which languages have been growing and when.

Your LOC/hr vs No-AI & Avg-AI Benchmarks — per Language

Grey = unassisted dev · Amber = typical Copilot user · Colour = your actual rate. Taller bar = more AI leverage in that language.

AI Productivity Trend — Weekly LOC/hr as Multiplier of No-AI Baseline

Each week's actual LOC/hr divided by the frozen no-AI benchmark for that language. 1× = unassisted pace · dashed amber = avg AI user (2.8×) · rising lines = AI leverage growing over time.


Value Created by Engineer Role

Each domain maps to an engineering discipline with its own NL market rate. Hours derived from AI-calibrated LOC/hr benchmarks per file.

Market Rates by Role — Netherlands 2026

Role Domain Rate (€/hr)
AI / LLMai_llm€120/hr
Infrastructureterraform€100/hr
DevOps / CI-CDcicd€100/hr
Scripts / Toolingscripts€100/hr
Platformdocker€100/hr
Observabilitymonitoring€100/hr
Databasedatabase€95/hr
Backendbackend€90/hr
Data Engineeringscraper€90/hr
Frontendfrontend€75/hr

Gross Value — by Role

No-AI hours × domain market rate. Each role valued at its own NL freelance rate.

Role LOC No-AI hrs Actual hrs Hrs Saved Rate Leverage Gross Value € Saved
Infrastructure5,71983.0h21.9h61.1h€100/hr3.8×€8,300€6,108
Scripts / Tooling2,89645.7h11.1h34.6h€100/hr4.1×€4,570€3,460
DevOps / CI-CD1,86434.8h7.1h27.7h€100/hr4.9×€3,484€2,769
Database2,17629.9h8.3h21.5h€95/hr3.6×€2,838€2,045
Frontend3,51736.1h13.5h22.6h€75/hr2.7×€2,707€1,696
Backend1,14317.5h4.4h13.1h€90/hr4.0×€1,575€1,181
Observability45214.8h1.7h13.0h€100/hr8.5×€1,477€1,304
AI / LLM4496.9h1.7h5.2h€120/hr4.0×€825€619
Data Engineering3946.0h1.5h4.5h€90/hr4.0×€543€407
Platform581.1h0.2h0.9h€100/hr4.9×€108€86
Total 18,668 275.8h 71.4h 204.2h €26,427 €19,675

Session Leverage Over Time

LOC/hr achieved each session — green ≥ 2000, blue ≥ 1000, amber ≥ 500, red < 500. An upward trend signals improving AI adoption. Hover for repo, volume, and duration.