Software engineering in an AI world

Themes: AI | Engineering

The Future of Software Development...

It is clear that we are in the midst of a revolution in software development, whatever you think about AI.

The rise of agentic systems that can reason and act has made an even bigger impact than the fact that the previous generation of LLMs (large language models) could write code.

But what does this mean? What are the skills and practices that are important for us - humans and AI assistants - to bring that enable us to build better software faster? What does all this mean for how we approach our work?

The good news is that some of these essential skills are the same as they always were.

The real answer is that no-one can be sure yet, but there are some signs that seem to point in the direction of success.