Is AI Destroying Software Development?

Online Workshops + Training Sessions Available through April-June 2026 from only £150 ($200) 14 Sessions Available on a range of topics. Student Rates available from only £45/$60! US and EU friendly session times. https://cpponline.uk/workshops/ --- Keynote: Rediscover Software Engineering - David Sankel - C++Online 2026 With AI popping up everywhere, experienced C++ developers are raising deep, legitimate concerns. We're clearly moving into a new world, but is it a better world? With AI pushing out code at super-human speeds, does quality and maintainability even matter anymore? Will human coding be relegated to eccentric hobbyists nostalgic for bygone days? Will C++ be regulated out of existence while software developers, one by one, change careers or join the ranks of the unemployed? To address these questions, we’re going to return to the beginnings of software engineering and remember, yet again, what the point of it all is. It’s gonna be a wild ride and, rest assured, AI did not write this talk :-D. --- Work at Hudson River Trading (HRT): https://tinyurl.com/safxfctf --- David Sankel David Sankel is a Principal Scientist, leads Adobe's Software Technology Lab, and is an active member of the C++ Standardization Committee. His experience spans microservice architectures, CAD/CAM, computer graphics, visual programming languages, web applications, computer vision, and cryptography. He is a frequent speaker at C++ conferences and specializes in large-scale software engineering and advanced C++ topics. David’s interests include dependently typed languages, semantic domains, EDSLs, and functional reactive programming. He was the project editor of the C++ Reflection TS, is the Executive Director of the Boost Foundation, and authored several C++ proposals including pattern matching and language variants. --- C++Online is the annual, online only conference for the entire C++ community. The conference is designed to provide a more accessible option for C++ developers who might find attending other international C++ conferences more difficult or financially restrictive, at a time of year where we traditionally see less in-person cpp conferences due to weather, holidays and other restrictions. The Online C++ Conference - https://cpponline.uk https://www.linkedin.com/company/cpponline/ https://x.com/cpponline https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554509513660 https://www.reddit.com/r/cpponline/ https://mastodon.social/@cpponline https://bsky.app/profile/cpponline.bsky.social --- Streamed & Edited by Digital Medium Ltd - online.digital-medium.co.uk --- C++Online - The Online C++ Conference organized by Shaved Yaks: https://shavedyaks.com/ & Digital Medium: https://events.digital-medium.co.uk --- #ai #softwareengineering #programming #coding #code #programmer #cplusplus #softwaredevelopment #cpp #aicoding #artificialintelligence #aiproductivity