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Published on 10.02.2026
TLDR: Steve Yegge, a 40-year software engineering veteran who worked at Amazon, Google, and Grab, sat down with Gergely Orosz on The Pragmatic Engineer to deliver a scorching take on where AI is taking our industry. He argues we are on a steep exponential curve that shows no signs of flattening, big companies are effectively dead, and roughly half of all engineers at large organizations will be laid off. But he also insists that AI is an augmentation tool, not a replacement, and that building software has never been more fun.
Link: Steve Yegge on AI Agents and the Future of Software Engineering