What Happens When Every Developer Has 20 AI Agents?
From Agentic Conversations (formally mlops.community) by Demetrios
July 13, 2026 · 35 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of AI on software development and the challenges it poses for infrastructure and governance.
In this episode, we're joined by Stephen O'Grady , Co-Founder and Principal Analyst at RedMonk , to explore one of the biggest shifts happening in software engineering: AI is making code dramatically cheaper to produce, but everything downstream is becoming the new bottleneck. We discuss why SaaS isn't dead despite the hype, the explosive rise of MCP, why AI agents are overwhelming developer infrastructure, and what happens when every engineer suddenly has dozens of AI developers working alongside them. Stephen explains how package managers, code reviews, security, governance, and enterprise systems are all struggling to keep pace with AI-generated software. Along the way, we dive into AI coding tools, MCP adoption, developer productivity, infrastructure scaling, enterprise software, open source, package repositories, governance, and why the hardest problems in software may no longer be writing code—but managing everything that comes after. RedMonk: https://redmonk.com Stephen O'Grady: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sogrady Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm
People in this episode
Host: Demetrios
Guest: Stephen O'Grady
Topics covered
- AI in software engineering
- developer productivity
- AI agents
- infrastructure challenges
- MCP adoption
- enterprise software
Keywords
- AI coding tools
- developer infrastructure
- package managers
- code reviews
- security
- governance
- enterprise systems
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: RedMonk
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