Managing Unreliable Compilers

There’s a lot of discussion on X and other places about the future of software development. As with many things in life, the reality is both complex and in the middle of the extreme viewpoints. What we’re seeing at Tonkotsu:

• Agents are fast and powerful, but make mistakes. They can’t operate unsupervised. We think they’re like unreliable compilers.

• That means developers are as critical as ever, but their role shifts to being managers of coding agents.

• This transformation means developers need to be focused on planning and verification, while delegating coding. The role has become barbell-shaped, and the industry needs new tools and workflows to accommodate this.

More here → https://blog.tonkotsu.ai/p/managing-unreliable-compilers

What are you seeing play out in your experience? How is development changing and what do developers need to do to stay on top?