Agents: The new, New Kingmakers
Summary
The article argues that AI-powered agents are redefining software development, shifting influence from human developers to agent-driven systems. It highlights multiple examples across databases, data science, dev tools, GitOps, hardware, and PaaS to illustrate the agent-centric shift and discusses implications for budgets, decision-making, and developer roles, while warning against AI-washing. The piece emphasizes distinguishing vendors that build for agents from those that merely bolt AI onto existing products.