From Switches to AI: The Evolving Landscape of Software Development
We’ve come a long way from the days of flipping physical switches and writing machine-level code on paper. Today, software development is transforming again—with AI tools like GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and VS Code’s new Agent Mode pushing us into an entirely new era. This post isn’t a product plug, and it’s not about Angular or any one framework. It’s about the evolution we’re witnessing in how we write code, think about software, and bring products to life. A New Era of Development: From Intellisense to AI Agents Over the past year, I’ve experimented with various AI-assisted tools—from Tabnine and Codium AI for unit testing to GitHub Copilot and Amazon CodeWhisperer (now Amazon Q). The experience has been eye-opening. When these tools first came out, many of us were skeptical. Inconsistent completions, random bugs, and a lack of contextual understanding kept most professionals relying on traditional IDE extensions like IntelliSense. But recently, things have changed. VS Code's Ag...