What the Dev?
What the Dev? is a podcast by the SD Times editorial team. We cover the biggest and newest topics in software development.
What the Dev?
364: AI is Changing Who Builds Software
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
Dave Rubinstein discusses with Tim Qi, lead data analyst at Linear, how AI is changing who builds software. Linear's study found that AI is accelerating team velocity and changing behavior on platforms. Companies are adopting AI in two main ways: top-down, tightly controlled rollouts, and bottom-up, allowing experimentation. Training varies, often evolving with use cases. AI adoption is similar across company sizes. The study also revealed that AI tools are making previously cumbersome tasks more manageable, leading to higher quality outputs. The industry is still figuring out how to manage the shadow AI issue.