Databricks discussion: The evolution of developer roles in the Agent era
steipete · x · 2026-08-21
Databricks initiates a discussion suggesting that as agentic automation improves developer productivity, the role evolves toward higher-level decisions about what to build and how systems should work, emphasizing taste and creativity. The discussion covers the implications for enterprises building, governing, and scaling fleets of AI agents in production.
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