Is AI coding burning you out?

AI coding burnout is exhaustion from coding more often and for longer because AI tools make it easy to keep going. It often shows up as work on weekends, public holidays and vacation days. Some people call it "AI fatigue" or "AI brain fry".

For many developers, yes. AI tools speed up each task, but they also raise expectations and make it easy to start "one more thing" at night or on a Saturday. This check shows whether that is true for you, using your own GitHub activity.

One clear sign is regular work on days you should be off. This check counts the weekends, public holidays and days off this year on which you had at least one GitHub contribution, and compares this year with last year.

The AI Burnout Index goes from 1 to 100 and adds up three parts. Days off coded: the share of your weekends, public holidays and days off this year with at least one GitHub contribution. 0–5% of them gives 0–20 points, 5–15% gives 20–40, 15–35% gives 40–60, 35–65% gives 60–80 and the rest 80–100, so the first few count the most. GitHub growth: 20 points for each doubling of your activity compared with last year (or with the 3 months before, if that jump is bigger), at most 40. Vacation: 20 points if you add no time off, and up to 20 if you took very little in the last 6 months. 1–20 is Zen, 21–40 Chill, 41–60 Hustle, 61–80 Burnout and 81–100 RIP.

Only your contribution calendar: the number of contributions per day, the same green squares you see on your GitHub profile. We don't read code, repository names or organizations, and we don't keep your GitHub token. We keep an anonymous summary of each check (score, counts and country, never your username) to publish overall statistics later.

Yes, if you sign in with GitHub. GitHub then counts contributions to private repositories in your calendar. We only see how many contributions you made each day, never the repository names, commits or code. If you only type your username, we see what your public profile shows.

No. It is a fun look at your work patterns, not a medical or psychological assessment. If you feel burned out, please talk to a doctor or a mental health professional.