Gumroad Engineering Benchmarks

Antiwork · GitHub · Updated September 11, 2026

Gumroad delivery benchmarks are based on 329 merged pull requests in the last 30 days (2,963 all-time), with 3.4 hours median cycle time, 0.1 hours median review time, and 4 active contributors. AI-related signals appear on 56.2% of recent work. PR volume is down -72% compared to the prior period.

Median Cycle Time
3.4h
PR open to merge
Median Review Time
0.1h
first review to approval
AI-Related Signals
56.2%
directional signal across recent PRs
Best Signal Fast Delivery
3.4h
Median cycle time of 3.4h
Watch Out Declining Cadence
-72%
PR volume down 72% vs prior period

Repo vs Antiwork Average

+0.7pp
AI Signals
+1.7h
Cycle Time
-0.1h
Review Time

Delivery Trend and AI Signals

PR Backlog (Humans)

Excludes AI agents and automation accounts.

PR Backlog (AI Agents)

AI coding agents only.

Cycle Time by AI-Related Signals

12.2h
with signals
8.9h
baseline
37.3%
difference

PR Breakdown

207 with signals / 331 total PRs

Top AI Tools

claude 99
greptile 62
claude_code 51
chatgpt 29
ai_generic 7

PR Type Breakdown

unknown 271
bugfix 26
feature 18
refactor 6
chore 4
ci 2

Methodology

Metrics are computed from merged pull request data synced daily from GitHub. AI-related metrics are directional signals inferred from pull request activity patterns and heuristics. Summary metrics use a 30-day rolling window; trends use a 90-day window. Last updated 2 hours, 3 minutes ago.

Updated daily from public GitHub pull requests.

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