Software Engineering Expectations for 2026
The majority of your code should be written by AI now
Cursor/Codex/Claude Code/Gemini/etc
You should try all the tooling and switch between them, as each one gets an edge over the others depending on the release cycle.
You should be using AI to check the code that is written by AI
Have AI write tests
Have AI read logs
Have AI navigate your browser
I don't do this every time because sometimes it's simple enough to check it myself
You should still skim code changes
This can be a lighter skim on internal tools and a heavier read through on customer facing code
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