2026 tech industry report: nobody hand-writes code, engineers run 5-10 agents
bibryam · x · 2026-10-09
Sharing Martin Fowler's 'State of the Tech Industry in 2026' report, the blogger highlights: (1) change has never been this fast; (2) practically nobody hand-writes code anymore, running 5-10 agents is common, and the IDE is fading; (3) assumptions about code output broke, code reviews became theatrical, and quality/reliability is down; (4) teams and planning still matter, and non-engineers still aren't shipping code; (5) cloud coding agents and harnesses, engineers stopping reading code, and companies building new AI infra are next and accelerating.
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