Developers are becoming managers of AI agents, not obsolete
pchandrasekar · x · 2026-07-27
This is a quoted/replied copy of the same argument: AI is not replacing developers, but moving software engineering up the abstraction layer.
The practical implication is that developers increasingly act as managers of AI agents — assigning tasks, coordinating outputs, and reviewing the work instead of doing every step manually.
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