# Kent Beck and Michael Grinich Discuss AI Adoption and the Future of Software Engineering

DevFeed: [Kent Beck and Michael Grinich Discuss AI Adoption and the Future of Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/itchy-brain-39976.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.kentbeck.com/p/itchy-brain>)

Author: Kent Beck

Published: 2026-05-20T14:15:38Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Software Design: Tidy First?](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/software-design-tidy-first.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [future of software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/future-of-software.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>), [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dev-tools.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [developer-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-tools.md>), [discussion](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/discussion.md>), [engineering-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-leadership.md>), [future-of-software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/future-of-software.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

## AI overview

Kent Beck and Michael Grinich discuss how AI adoption is affecting the broader technology ecosystem, software costs, competition, and engineering leadership. They also discuss enterprise developer tools and the motivation to build software.

## Source excerpt

Michael Grinich & Kent Beck on AI adoption, the future of software engineering, and what enterprise developer tools reveal about where tech is headed.