RedMonk: Agents Now Pick the Programming Languages and Infrastructure — and We're Not Ready
rseroter · x · 2026-09-19
RedMonk's James Governor discusses Stephen O'Grady's piece "Agents: The new, New Kingmakers". Key argument: models write ever more code and increasingly choose the languages, libraries, frameworks — even UI fonts — sometimes ignoring explicit instructions against them. Industry power is shifting from developers to agents, which are now effectively choosing software infrastructure while the ecosystem isn't ready. Agents are the new kingmakers, but humans remain strong at systems thinking, architecture, and creative work; no single dominant approach is likely across product categories.
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