Bottleneck in software engineering is now humans, not code, argues researcher
Yuchenj_UW · x · 2026-11-02
Yuchen (JUW) argues the biggest bottleneck in software engineering has shifted from code to human coordination: waiting hours for PR reviews, endless "alignment" meetings, hunting down the right person, and everything blocking when someone is on vacation. AI made writing code cheap, but organizations still run on human coordination — so AI-native companies will look fundamentally different from today's.
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