https://www.infoq.com InfoQ Software Development Lifecycle feed https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agoda-ai-code-bottleneck/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Software+Development+Lifecycle <img src="https://res.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agoda-ai-code-bottleneck/en/headerimage/Agoda-AI-Coding-Assistant-Header-1773572723379.jpeg"/><p>Agoda recently published an observation arguing that while AI coding tools have measurably raised individual developer output, the resulting velocity gains at the project level have been surprisingly modest, because coding was never the real bottleneck. The post claims that the bottleneck has shifted upstream to specification and verification because these areas require human judgment.</p> <i>By Eran Stiller</i> Software Development Lifecycle AI Assisted Coding Spec Driven Development Development Architecture & Design news Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:30:00 GMT https://www.infoq.com/news/2026/03/agoda-ai-code-bottleneck/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=Software+Development+Lifecycle Eran Stiller 2026-03-24T11:30:00Z /news/2026/03/agoda-ai-code-bottleneck/en