AI's Bigger Gain in Software May Be Better Team Collaboration, Not Faster Coding

An engineering leader argues that AI's most valuable effect on software development may be in reshaping how teams collaborate rather than in speeding up individual coding. He notes that organizations have long invested in productivity tools while leaving the handoffs between product, design, and engineering largely unchanged. Traditional workflows often involve waiting on requirements, design approvals, and implementation before feedback can be gathered. AI tools now let product managers, designers, and engineers prototype and test ideas earlier, lowering the barriers that once kept people from contributing across stages. The piece suggests this shift invites teams to reconsider the sequential process they have built around those former constraints.