Jacob Lauritzen, CTO of Legora, says AI tools have dramatically increased engineering productivity, shifting the bottleneck from code writing to code reviewing. AI review bots are emerging to address the new bottleneck, though they are still in early stages.
Lauritzen explains that the future of engineering will emphasize systems design and architecture over code creation, with AI handling more of the code writing. Engineers will need to create systems that enable AI agents to operate independently and even self-improve.
API quality, he notes, will become a core determinant for AI agents when choosing software. He also stresses the importance of establishing guardrails for managing AI agents within enterprise systems.
On security, Lauritzen warns that AI-generated code introduces new vulnerabilities and predicts an increase in security incidents as AI-generated code becomes more prevalent. However, he notes that AI can improve postmortem processes after incidents, making them 'write themselves.'