3 Foundation trends: The tectonic shift 4 Trend 1 The software development lifecycle changes dramatically The way we interact with computers is undergoing one of its most significant changes since the graphical user interface. From machine code to assembly to C to modern high-level languages, each abstraction layer reduced the gap between human thought and machine execution. The most recent step in this evolution was human/machine conversation. In 2025, agentic AI changed how a large swath of…
3 Foundation trends: The tectonic shift 4 Trend 1 The software development lifecycle changes dramatically The way we interact with computers is undergoing one of its most significant changes since the graphical user interface. From machine code to assembly to C to modern high-level languages, each abstraction layer reduced the gap between human thought and machine execution. The most recent step in this evolution was human/machine conversation. In 2025, agentic AI changed how a large swath of…