Software Engineering Is Becoming Plan and Review — Louis Knight-Webb, Vibe Kanban

AI eats the middle, software engineers are spending all their time planning and reviewing the work of AI. If all humans are going to do is plan and review the work of AI, the biggest lever you have to ship more is to speed up planning and review. And some examples of how teams and individuals are adapting: - What tools are people spending their time in? - How much time are teams spending reviewing code, how has this changed since AI? - What are different approaches to planning work? - Is agile and scrum dead? Speaker info: - https://x.com/tokengobbler - https://www.linkedin.com/in/knightwebb/ - https://github.com/stunningpixels Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro and agenda 1:45 - Why software engineering is shifting to plan and review 3:30 - The two approaches: Plan-based vs. Review-heavy 6:02 - The matrix: Feature development vs. migrations and maintenance 7:27 - The impact of agent execution time 9:52 - Managing the 'five-minute' agent threshold 10:29 - Parallelization and workflow management 12:00 - Vision for future coding interfaces and 'focus maxing' 14:00 - Announcement: Shutting down Vibe Kanban 18:13 - Q&A: Next steps and reflections on the startup journey