> My view is that Copilot Workspace reflects the new shape of task management apps for dev teams. One aspect has to do with keeping track of planned work.
I’m curious if this ends up transferring a larger/different workload to product owners in the long run, in terms of orchestrating dev work, now done by AI. Or perhaps the product team also gets automated here.
* The automated coding of tasks (agents) feels like the right next step from the current augmented coding experience that copilot delivers. I feel good about placing a bet on this trend, whether it's in software engineering or in other industries.
* It's important to think about the review process when this paradigm comes online. Reviewing a body of code is significantly more taxing than "hinting through" the code as copilot does, especially if you're a good engineer and write comments before your next block of code (like me 😇). There's something to changing from author to stitcher that personally makes me feel more comfortable.
* It'd be so hard for me to place a bet here. Github has everything going for it as you mention, most importantly the focus and drive. I think Cursor might be an interesting signal to watch here.
PS - I think there's a typo in the "Github Issues..." paragraph - think you mean Linear down below.
Excellent post.
> My view is that Copilot Workspace reflects the new shape of task management apps for dev teams. One aspect has to do with keeping track of planned work.
I’m curious if this ends up transferring a larger/different workload to product owners in the long run, in terms of orchestrating dev work, now done by AI. Or perhaps the product team also gets automated here.
Great piece. Couple reflections:
* The automated coding of tasks (agents) feels like the right next step from the current augmented coding experience that copilot delivers. I feel good about placing a bet on this trend, whether it's in software engineering or in other industries.
* It's important to think about the review process when this paradigm comes online. Reviewing a body of code is significantly more taxing than "hinting through" the code as copilot does, especially if you're a good engineer and write comments before your next block of code (like me 😇). There's something to changing from author to stitcher that personally makes me feel more comfortable.
* It'd be so hard for me to place a bet here. Github has everything going for it as you mention, most importantly the focus and drive. I think Cursor might be an interesting signal to watch here.
PS - I think there's a typo in the "Github Issues..." paragraph - think you mean Linear down below.