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title: Coding agents ARE the new software
date: 2026-03-23T16:03:18+05:30
categories:
  - llms
  - coding
description: Software is shifting from fixed reusable tools toward agent-driven execution, where coding agents increasingly become the interface through which software is created and operated.
keywords: [coding agents, software evolution, AI workflows, automation, developer tools, future of software]
---

Increasingly, **I use coding agents instead of writing software**. For example, I built a [Blog UMAP](https://files.s-anand.net/blog/blogmap/). Then, I built [Calvin UMAP](https://files.s-anand.net/blog/calvinmap/). And more. But instead of building re-usable software, I just ran Claude with prior context.

Increasingly, **I use coding agents to run software**. For example, I use Codex to classify my expense receipts. It writes re-usable code, but I run it using Codex, and it updates the code with new/edge cases.

I see a future where coding agents are the wrapper around _all_ software. (Lots of people have spoken about this. I am _feeling_ it now.)

If that's so, then:

1. **Agents are the new users** of software. We need [agent-friendly CLI](https://github.com/sanand0/scripts/blob/main/agents/agent-friendly-cli/SKILL.md), agentic web accessibility, and stuff like that.
2. **Agents _ARE_ the new software**. I mean, _all_ sofware is just one coding agent. "Tell the agent to do it". It'll find & install what's required or write it - to get the job done.

If agents are a genie we can't push back into the bottle, I guess we'll see more (naive) usage, meaning:

- More one-off uses, e.g. personal use tools & projects (which is great! That's like Excel templates and macros.)
- More prototypes that are NOT production-ready, leading to [Vibe Code Fixer](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=%22vibe%20code%20fixer%22) and [AI Slop Fixer](https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/people/?keywords=%22ai%20slop%20fixer%22) roles. Also:
  - AI Policy Architects (project managers)
  - AI Architects
  - AI Designers
  - AI PromptOps Engineers (developers)
  - AI Auditors (testers)
  - AI Security Experts

Wait-a-sec... that's just the usual software roles, but with "AI" in the title, doing slightly different things.

Huh.

![Words fail me.](https://files.s-anand.net/images/2026-03-25-words-fail-me.avif)