AnalysisDevelopersJuly 27, 2026
Developers shift to writing specs and reviewing PRs with AI
In an unscientific survey at a dev conference, ~50 developers reported their primary AI use is writing specifications and reviewing pull requests, not writing code from scratch. The author argues this shift changes the developer role toward architecture and oversight.
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