The real future of AI coding is boring

May 28, 2025 PM (Last Modified: May 28, 2025 PM)

Microsoft is not talking about replacing developers. It says GitHub Copilot – and the latest version of the product called “Coding agent” – are tools to partner with developers, akin to a peer programmer.

Seeing as how many of the autonomous bots have failed for me personally, I definately appreciate a pragmatic approach to AI coding detailed here.

_{Quote Citation: GERGELY OROSZ, “Microsoft is dogfooding AI dev tools’ future”, MAY 27, 2025, https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/microsoft-ai-dev-tools}