Bacterial Growth Curve Analysis: AI Session Productivity

Fig. 3. S-curve fit to 6,963-line session transcript · logistic growth model · Verhulst 1838 · hover to inspect · click to annotate

Lag phase (lines 0–400): System initialization, file discovery, architecture design. Low output density.
Exponential phase (400–2,600): Rapid productive output. 18 API runs, scoring, analysis. Classic logistic growth.
Stationary phase (2,600–3,500): Output continues but coherence plateaus. Resources (context window) saturating.
Death phase (3,501–6,805): Catastrophic decline in signal-to-noise. Degenerate repetition. Complete coherence collapse at line 3,637.