# The Trends #11: AI agents still can't build software from scratch

DevFeed: [The Trends #11: AI agents still can't build software from scratch](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-trends-11-ai-agents-still-can-t-build-software-from-scratch-38694.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://newsletter.techworld-with-milan.com/p/the-trends-11-ai-agents-still-cant>)

Author: Dr Milan Milanović

Published: 2026-06-18T15:01:36Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tech World With Milan Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tech-world-with-milan-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cursor.md>), [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [MCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mcp.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>), [GitLab](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gitlab.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [ai-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding.md>), [ai-coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-coding-agents.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [gitlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gitlab.md>)

## AI overview

A technology-trends roundup examines AI coding and software agents. It reports that Cursor-related productivity gains in a Carnegie Mellon study disappeared after three months while poor code quality remained, and that ProgramBench recorded zero end-to-end successes across 1,800 attempts to rebuild programs from compiled binaries and documentation.

## Source excerpt

The Trends filter tracks tech trends: what moved, why it matters, and what to watch next.