Issue 302: Get your specs right

Developers get to use a lot of tools that both hurt and help their productivity. But over here at Stack Overflow, we think AI agents might be some of the best and brightest of them all. On the blog, Ryan talks about how agents are poised to become the best tool for developers, because in his words: One tool is better than ten. On the pod, we welcome back Deepak Singh from AWS to talk Kiro, the spec-driven coding agent his team is building, and how he imagines the work of developers evolving. But don't let the tools get you too excited about kicking your feet up at your dev job—Tom Moor from Linear joined us to discuss the importance of context in agent effectiveness, and how junior devs can shape up for this new era of tech.

Speaking of junior devs, our CEO Prashanth Chandrasekar has an upcoming convo with OpenAI about learning to code in the age of AI, and we have the details on that one for you on the blog. Whether you're a junior dev or one with years of experience, you could always build out your skillset a little, so we've got a whole zoo of mini programming languages to help you polish up your understanding. We've also got stories on introspective bots, and how to keep your own introspectiveness away from them through a humans-only public license. If you're feeling stuck in the Matrix right now, don't worry—be sure to check out how a mathematical proof debunks any fear you might have about being stuck in a simulation.

But could that mathematical proof just be part of the Matrix anyway? One user on our math site is wondering what mathematical proofs were developed using LLMs We've got that answer for you and more—about backwards wheels, loud electric cars, and Gandalf's amnesia—ready for you in the links below.