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I spoke to GitLab's head of Field CTOs Brian Wald about how enterprises are implementing AI. We discussed whether IT departments allow #VibeCoding, what types of AI #agents enterprises are building, & how the #developer role is shifting to an architect-type role. thenewstack.io/the-field-ct...

thenewstack.ioThe Field CTO View: AI, Vibe Coding, and Developer SkillsetsHow is AI actually being implemented in enterprise IT departments? And how are developers adapting? We ask GitLab's head of Field CTOs.

Richard MacManus

@ricmac.org

Developers are now acting more like architects. In the AI era, devs are spending more time on upfront design, defining business logic, and creating high-context environments to guide AI-generated code. “So you become kind of the orchestrators of the code, versus the writers of the code,” Wald said.

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