Rethinking the software development process for an era of specs and AI agents
Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

Rethinking the software development process for an era of specs and AI agents

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 17, 202638 min

The agentic era of software engineering began almost a year ago. And while much has changed in 2026, there's still a lot that hasn't been settled. One of the most important issues is how teams should collaborate. The idea of working with a spec may have considerable allure, but many questions remain: How should it be defined? Who owns it? How do we iterate with it? The fear of retreating back into waterfall is very real and requires vigilance. On this episode of the Technology Podcast, hosts Ken Mugrage and Caer Sanders are joined by former Thoughtworkers Cassie...

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Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of the ThoughtWorks Technology podcast. My name is Ken McRage. I am one of your local hosts, or one of your recurring hosts I should say. And I want to introduce a co-host today that those who are regular listeners have heard

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a little bit lately. We've had them as a guest on a couple of episodes and we're pretty happy with knowledge and everything else. So, invited Cara Sanders to join us in the hosting panel and Cara will be joining us

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as a co-host for today. So, Cara, do you want to do a quick intro again, please? Of course. Thank you, Ken.

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