The Manifesto’s Revenge
Maybe I’m being naive here. It wouldn’t be the first time. But I can’t help feeling, that the messy complex human side of things isn’t just going to disappear. In fact, all this agentic stuff, may actually just make it clearer faster! It’s no good having a bunch of 10x developers with their armies of agents, if they aren’t aligned with the actual product strategy. Nor will super fast code production necessarily result in a product that customers really want. Hence the manifesto’s revenge. The Agile Manifesto recognised the importance of people and their interactions over tools. And agents are only tools. Used well they are a productivity gain. Used badly, they could wreck whole companies. At some point in the near future, I think there will be the realisation that some essentials in life haven’t changed. And messy complex people will still be playing a central role in any bright new future.