# Agent orchestration is replacing the editor as the center of developer work

DevFeed: [Agent orchestration is replacing the editor as the center of developer work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/is-the-ide-dead-18050.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://addyo.substack.com/p/death-of-the-ide>)

Author: Addy Osmani

Published: 2026-03-20T14:31:23Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Elevate](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/elevate.md>)

Topics: [Orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/orchestration.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [agent-orchestration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-orchestration.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [github-copilot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-copilot.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [terminal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/terminal.md>), [workflows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflows.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that developer work is shifting from line-by-line editing in an IDE toward supervising agents that plan tasks, modify files, run tests, and propose changes for review. It describes a workflow of specifying intent, delegating, observing, reviewing diffs, and merging, while noting that IDEs may evolve rather than disappear.

## Source excerpt

How Agent orchestration is replacing the editor as the center of developer work