AI agents replace senior developer coding review

The author argues that as AI agents increasingly write software code, seasoned developers serve primarily as gatekeepers reviewing and correcting machine-generated output. This shift raises a critical question about how early-career software developers will acquire the necessary experience to become senior developers if they are no longer writing and learning from their own code. Unlike fields such as radiology, which feature structured training curricula and extensive supervised review of historical cases, software development lacks an equivalent system for training novices. Open article →