How AI Helps Software Developers
Teams buy AI coding tools but use them unevenly and without review rules. 12² builds coding-assistant rollout, PR-review and test-generation automations, team playbook and measurement of cycle time before/after.
Dev Team AI Workflow Setup · From $4,500 + $349/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for software development teams: the short answer.
AI can help a software developer generate boilerplate and tests, review pull requests for common issues, keep docs up to date and turn bug reports into clear tickets. In a randomized experiment, Copilot users finished one coding task 55.8% faster. Real gains depend on the team, so measure cycle time before and after.
Sources
- RCT: GitHub Copilot users finished a coding task 55.8% faster (Peng et al. 2023); single task, quality not measuredarxiv.org
- GitHub Copilot plans: Free, Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo (public pricing page)github.com
Where the hours go now.
Boilerplate and tests
Teams buy AI coding tools but use them unevenly and without review rules.
Reviewing pull requests for common issues
Hours go to reading and re-reading before the real work starts.
Writing and updating docs from code
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Boilerplate and testsIt generates boilerplate and tests.
- Reviewing pull requests for common issuesIt reviews pull requests for common issues.
- Writing and updating docs from codeIt writes and updates docs from code.
- Triaging bug reports into reproducible ticketsIt triages bug reports into reproducible tickets.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsCoding-assistant rollout, PR-review and test-generation automations, team playbook and measurement of cycle time before/after.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to the tools you already use on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $4,500 + $349/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small team (1-10 developers)From $4,500 + $349/mo. The core build for 1-10 developers: coding-assistant rollout, PR-review and test-generation automations, team playbook and measurement of cycle time before/after. Proposed estimate. Small tier is about the size of a 12squared.ai Proof build; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes.
- Mid-size: Mid team (11-50 developers)From $9,500 + $750/mo. Everything in Small team, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. Mid tier is about the size of a Core build (more users, more integrations).
- Enterprise: Large org (50+ developers)From $25,000, custom quote. Everything in Mid team, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate. Starts near the Product build range; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataCode/IP confidentiality; SOC 2 controls for customer data in dev environments.
Straight answers.
How do we know it helps?
We measure your own cycle-time and review metrics before and after; the 55.8% figure is from one lab task, not a promise.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle boilerplate and tests now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- A real replyWritten for you by 12², within one business day. Never an autoresponder.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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