The Deep View: Impact of AI on “developers”

Posted on September 29, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

AI use among developers surges
Developers are becoming more confident in their AI coworkers. 
A recent survey of nearly 5,000 software developers revealed that 90% are using AI tools, according to Google’s State of AI-assisted Software Development report. These developers are using these tools for a median of two hours per day. 
According to the report, some of the top reported use cases included: 
Writing new code (71%), modifying existing code (66%) and writing documentation (64%)Additionally, maintenance tasks, such as debugging (59%), code review (56%) and maintaining legacy code (55%) were commonly reported uses of the tech
Around 65% reported “heavily” relying on AI for software development, while 37% reported a “moderate amount” of usage, despite the fact that roughly 30% of respondents said they don’t entirely trust the technology. 
While the majority of respondents reported creating better quality code at a faster rate, developers face the “speed versus reliability tradeoff,” said Bob Rogers, chief product and technology officer of Oii.ai and co-founder of BeeKeeper AI. The more these tools scale, the harder it can be to track when things go wrong. 
For now, however, letting AI take the reins entirely is still not very popular: Around 61% of respondents reported never interacting with AI tools in an agentic mode, likely reflecting the fact that agents are still relatively nascent. 
Still, as companies seek to cut costs, tools like this threaten to flip the employment landscape on its head, Rogers said. AI tools can enable startups to operate with leaner workforces and allow larger enterprises to avoid filling certain roles after reorganization. Rather than building tools themselves, software developers’ roles may shift to helping facilitate where these AI-built tools fit in, he said. 
“There’s going to be a lot of need for people with software engineering understanding to be making sure all the pieces sew together properly,” Rogers said.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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