{"id":553469,"date":"2025-02-11T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devoteam.com\/expert-view\/ai-and-the-future-of-software-development\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T09:36:34","slug":"ai-and-the-future-of-software-development","status":"publish","type":"expert-view","link":"https:\/\/devoteam.info\/cz\/expert-view\/ai-and-the-future-of-software-development\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and The Future of Software Development: Beyond Code Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Remember the days of waiting months for a new server? Then DevOps arrived, automating infrastructure and changing the role of IT forever. Thanks to AI, that same revolution is happening now in software development. Forget complex coding and lengthy development cycles. AI and software development<\/strong> are converging to make software creation faster, more accessible, and surprisingly…disposable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t about AI replacing developers.<\/strong> It’s about empowering everyone to build software, just like DevOps empowered everyone to access infrastructure. Imagine a world where a simple prompt can generate a functional application in minutes. This is the future AI is unlocking, and it’s closer than you think.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DevOps Precedent: A History Lesson in Automation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To truly grasp the impending changes, let’s take a brief trip down memory lane to the era before DevOps became mainstream. Back then, requesting a server was a tedious, drawn-out affair involving spreadsheets, IT change managers and months of waiting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The IT department needed to procure the server, install the operating system, configure the networking, and perform other complex tasks. This resulted in a carefully nurtured server that developers were reluctant to let go of. DevOps revolutionised this by automating infrastructure provisioning with a single API call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provisioning a server was reduced from months to minutes, leading to ephemeral infrastructure<\/strong>, where resources could be quickly spun up and destroyed. This also changed how developers interacted with hardware, making it something to use without needing long-term nurturing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This demonstrates that automation shifts roles and responsibilities rather than eliminating them. While some feared IT admins would be obsolete, their role evolved to building and maintaining platforms that enable self-service infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How AI Changes Software Development<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now, the same kind of change is happening with software development. AI is making it increasingly possible for non-developers to build software. Simple prompts or agentic systems will soon allow business users to create functional software. And let’s think even bigger: Klarna<\/strong><\/a> plans to drop the big SaaS provider and use AI to build it themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This change is similar to the change that happened when server provisioning became automated. The time when it took a team of developers six months to build a piece of software is soon to be gone. With AI, it will soon be possible to achieve this with a simple prompt. The result will be a considerable increase in the amount of software being developed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This means that software will be built for specific uses and then discarded when that use is over. Therefore, software life cycle management will be less of an issue. Some applications could be using Copilot, Gemini, or Q to quickly develop small business apps like gathering user input and automating processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Evolving Role of Software Developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just as the automation of infrastructure did not eliminate the IT administrator, the rise of AI will not eliminate the software developer. Instead, it will evolve their role significantly…. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While AI can handle repetitive coding tasks and generate basic code structures, the nuanced aspects of software design, architecture, and security will still heavily rely on human developers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Importance of Human Skills<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Instead of building most of the software directly, developers will be responsible for providing the tools and components that business users will employ via prompts, agents or low-code platforms. The focus will shift to building and maintaining platforms that enable the rapid generation of software. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers will become platform engineers, building the components and the infrastructure that supports AI-driven software development. They may still build the final product or assist business users in exceptional cases. The role will change from being a key part of product development to being key to setting up the platform that others will use to develop the software. The importance of human skills like creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking is mandatory in software development, especially in areas like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n