Agentic AI Is Quietly Replacing Developers

For decades, elegant code has been the hallmark of great software development — code that is streamlined, efficient, well-documented, reusable and expertly crafted. Early in my career, I was trained to prioritize writing tools and program generators over directly writing programs. This approach led to my involvement in numerous innovative initiatives that automated software modernization and improved productivity. By developing tools that generated transpilers, we were able to modernize millions of lines of code efficiently.

Today,…