Will AI replace software engineers?
One guest says the agent now writes the code. Another says writing code was never the job.
One view
The agent writes the code now — the old workflow is going away.
Anush Elangovan, AMD EP 56 · 250,000 Lines of Code/Week: Inside an AMD VP's Agent-First Workflow | Anush ElangovanSure, that's my agent's problem. And I'm not opening a file.rs ever.
The other
Coding was never the point — engineering is solving problems, and that part stays.
Charity Majors, Honeycomb EP 18 · AI Won't Solve Your Toughest Engineering Problems | Honeycomb’s Charity MajorsSoftware engineering is not about writing code. It is about solving business problems with technology, which has historically included a lot of writing code.