The future of software development: Now with less software development

The Register · 2 months ago

More than 3,000 software developers gathered at a conference organized by DeepLearning.AI in San Francisco to discuss how AI will reshape software development roles and practices. Speakers including executives from AMD and AWS emphasized reducing defect rates, spec-driven development, and the shift toward AI agents handling entire codebases rather than partial tasks. The consensus suggests software engineering will increasingly involve agent orchestration and management rather than manual coding, with development teams becoming smaller and more focused on overseeing AI-generated output.