Yet another iteration of my overview on the state of play in AI coding - as of early June 2026

InfoQ podcast, following up with Olimpiu Pop on my 'State of Play' presentation at QCon London in March 2026

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode where I talk with Laura Tacho about definitions, workflows and practical realities of spec-driven development

Practical follow-up on harness engineering for coding agent users: Sharing about my experiments with sensors to improve coding-agent maintainability

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast discussing harness engineering for coding agent users

Conversation with Chris Ford about harness engineering, deep diving into examples of computational sensors to help coding agents self-correct

What part of the agent harness can we build as coding agent users?

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode where I talk with Laura Tacho about definitions, workflows and practical realities of spec-driven development

An evaluation of three spec-driven development tools (Kiro, spec-kit, and Tessl), including a practical definition of SDD and trade-offs observed in real usage

Yet another iteration of my overview on the state of play in AI coding - as of early June 2026

InfoQ podcast, following up with Olimpiu Pop on my 'State of Play' presentation at QCon London in March 2026

Overview of what happened in AI coding assistants over the previous year - context engineering, unsupervised cloud agents, swarms, as well as a rise of costs and security incidents.

What are the most important things to know about the last 12 months in AI coding, and where are we today?

Series of memos on martinfowler.com, exploring emerging thoughts about using Generative AI for coding assistance, and to help with various other software delivery assistance

Slides of my (German) keynote presentation at the OOP conference in Munich

Guest post for The Pragmatic Engineer newsletter. Covers evolution from autocomplete to AI agents, ways of working, impact on teams, and thoughts on the future.

Recap of where coding assistants are today, introduction to agents, and overview of impact on speed and quality

Recap of where coding assistants are today, introduction to agents, and overview of impact on speed and quality. One of the top 3 highest rated talks at the conference!

Recap of where coding assistants are today, introduction to agents, and overview of impact on speed and quality

An overview of AI tools for software development teams, as of Oct 2024

How can AI help boost productivity, creativity, and effectiveness in other parts of the delivery lifecycle as well?

Keynote presentation at the 26th XP conference, about AI assistance opportunities beyond coding, and the importance of maintaining agile practices while leveraging AI capabilities.

Diving into the state of play of AI tools for design, requirements analysis, and more

What building blocks do we need to assist non-coding tasks in software delivery with AI?

Early exploration of how GenAI can support software delivery tasks other than coding

With Joerg Mueller, Daniel Terhorst-North, Silvia Schreier, Aino Vonge Corry, Emily Bache

CaSE podcast episode discussing AI-assisted development, team practices, and engineering rigor

Refactoring Podcast episode discussing AI coding workflows, productivity impact, and how engineering teams can make the most out of AI tools

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode exploring how we used generative AI for various reverse engineering techniques

Experiments exploring how far Generative AI can be pushed toward autonomously developing high-quality durable software without human intervention

Exploring how AI can be used to reverse engineer and rebuild applications with limited access to source code

Panel discussion with fellow panelists from Atlassian and AWS about a LinearB report about AI usage in organizations

15 mins talk at O'Reilly's 'Coding with AI' conference. [Take-aways from the whole event](https://www.oreilly.com/radar/takeaways-from-coding-with-ai/)

A conversation with Olimpiu Pop about my talk at QCon London

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode discussing vibe coding - the emerging practice of using AI to understand and maintain code vibes

A snippet taken from a talk at the O'Reilly superstream event on 'AI for code modernization'

A tour of the state of AI tools, coding assistants and beyond

I talked to Rob Zuber from Circle CI about AI and software development

In this episode of The Engineering Room, Dave & Birgitta talk about her most recent work involving AI-assisted software delivery

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode with guests Adam Tornhill and Martin Fowler, discussing using AI for refactoring

Article describing archetypes of tools for AI assistance for software in the market at the time

AI in der Software-Delivery: Unsere größte Möglichkeit oder purer Hype? - Ein Realitätscheck

Software creation remains a design process; we still have to figure out how to collaborate; New tools don't change the challenges of measuring outcomes

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast episode, discussing AI-assisted coding with Mike Mason, Prem Chandrasekaran and Neal Ford

I talked to Jordi Mon Companys about the state of AI assistance for software delivery in August 2023.