Intercom doubled its engineering throughput in under a year by treating its AI coding agent not as a simple tool, but as a new senior engineer. This involved a full onboarding process onto their 15-year-old Rails monolith, creating a library of durable skills for recurring tasks, and providing audited access to all internal systems.
Spec-Driven Development offers a structured, reproducible, and reliable alternative to 'vibe coding' in the AI era. Al Harris from the Kiro team explains how to leverage specs as living documentation, integrate external tools via MCPs, and use property-based testing to create a tight feedback loop from natural language requirements to verified code.
Itamar Friedman of Qodo argues that the future of AI in software development lies in moving beyond simple code generation to 'vibe coding with confidence.' This is achieved through multi-agent workflows, grounded in team standards and orchestrated via the Command Line Interface (CLI), enabling a holistic AI-driven approach across the entire SDLC.