The software factory stack: how AI agents are reshaping software delivery
Pavan_Belagatti · x · 2026-10-01
Software delivery is shifting from a linear pipeline to a factory: models supply intelligence, harnesses give agents a place to work, and humans govern outcomes.
- Base layer: foundation models plus cloud/GPU infrastructure.
- Harness layer: GitHub, MCP, containers, sandboxes and orchestration frameworks give agents memory, tools, and a safe runtime.
- The decisive layer, Agentic SDLC: agents handle planning, coding, reviewing, verifying, deploying and monitoring, with human gates at the moments that matter; context and orchestration ensure every agent acts on a shared map of the business rather than isolated prompts.
- Quality control: tools like SonarQube and Snyk harden the factory.
The key argument: orchestration and human governance — not the models themselves — are what define modern software engineering.
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