How AI Is Reshaping the Freelance Developer Economy The Sudden Productivity Shock Freelance developers who once billed 20-30 hours for a standard API integration now close the same work in 12-15 hours when they pair with GitHub Copilot. Microsoft’s internal telemetry on Copilot users showed a 55% reduction in time-to-completion on repetitive coding tasks over an 18-month tracking period that...