Developer expectations shift as AI coding tools spread

The author argues that while companies are eagerly experimenting with AI development tools, many lack a clear strategy beyond chasing industry hype and burning through budgets. This shift has changed developer expectations, making code authoring a smaller part of the job while demanding a more product-minded approach focused on end-to-end feature ownership. However, the author cautions against blindly letting AI agents build and ship code to production without human oversight. Open article →