Professional Developers Control AI Agents for Coding in 2025
This paper investigates how experienced software developers use AI agents in building software, including their motivations, strategies, task suitability, and sentiments.
Why it matters
This research provides insights into how professional developers can effectively leverage AI agents to boost productivity while maintaining control over software quality.
Key Points
- 1Experienced developers value AI agents as a productivity boost
- 2Developers retain control over software design and implementation
- 3Developers employ strategies to control agent behavior using their expertise
- 4Developers feel positive about incorporating AI agents, while addressing their limitations
Details
The study found that while experienced software developers recognize the potential of AI agents to improve productivity, they still maintain control over the software design and implementation process. Developers employ various strategies to control agent behavior, leveraging their own expertise to ensure fundamental software quality attributes. Despite their confidence in complementing the agents' limitations, developers feel overall positive about incorporating AI agents into software development. The results suggest the kinds of tasks that may be suitable for AI agents, and point towards opportunities for better agentic interfaces and guidelines for effective use of AI in software engineering.
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