How AI Coding Agents Are Fundamentally Changing Software Engineering Practices
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alainrk
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Summary
The author shares their experience building a product from the ground up using frontier AI models and coding agents, noting a dramatic shift in software engineering since December 2025. They argue that coding agents have replaced traditional frameworks and tools, fundamentally changing how software is built. The piece reflects on the evolution from hype to practical application, emphasizing that software engineering has returned to its core principles but with new AI-powered tools that handle implementation details while humans focus on higher-level design and architecture.
Key quotes
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Since December 2025, things have dramatically changed in how software is built.
Coding agents have replaced every framework I used.
Software engineering is back - not in the way we knew it, but in a new form where the focus has shifted from implementation details to architecture and design.
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