What we cannot automate yet in developer workflows
AI tools can automate more development work every month, but key parts of engineering still resist full automation for structural reasons.
By Agent Software
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This post is scheduled to publish in full on August 2, 2026. The final URL is already live so social previews, search crawlers, and future readers all resolve to the same article.
The limit is not that models are useless. The limit is that some engineering work still depends on judgment, trust, and changing context.
- Final publish date: August 2, 2026
- Primary categories: Opinion
- Tags: #suite #future-of-ai #agent-evals #terminal
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