I'm Rachel Laycock, CTO at Thoughtworks. I'm endlessly curious about how technology is changing the way we build software, lead teams and run businesses. This is where I capture ideas before they're fully formed, challenge my own thinking and occasionally wander off on interesting tangents.
TL;DRGood developers’ caution about agentic development comes from knowing that built isn’t the same as working in production.
I’ve been surprised by how many excellent developers have been hesitant to go all in on coding agents. These are people who usually try new ways of working before anyone else and in many cases invent new tools and practices that support building the application well. So why have we had so much reluctance?
