New AI Tools, Same Old Bugs? The crew react to the Next Wave

New AI Tools, Same Old Bugs? The crew react to the Next Wave

From SEEK Bytes by SEEK

May 19, 2026 · 42 min · Season 3 · Episode 47

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of new AI tools on software development and their practical applications.

Drowning in new AI tools and wondering which ones actually help you ship better software? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, Elliott, Seamus and Will react to the latest wave of AI‑powered dev tools, from coding assistants and test generators to agents that promise to refactor your whole codebase while you sleep. They dig into what these tools are really good at (speeding up boilerplate, exploring APIs, generating tests), where they fall over (context, architecture, edge‑cases), and how they’re already changing code review, onboarding and day‑to‑day developer experience at SEEK. In this episode, we explore: • Which new AI tools are genuinely useful for everyday coding – and which ones are more hype than help • How AI is reshaping pairing, code review, debugging and tests, and where human judgment still absolutely has to stay in the loop • Practical ways to experiment with AI tools on your team without burning trust, wrecking your codebase or slowing everyone down If you’re a software engineer, tech lead or engineering manager trying to make sense of the exploding AI tool ecosystem, this episode is for you. 🔔 Follow the SEEK Bytes podcast so you never miss a new episode

People in this episode

Hosts: Elliott, Seamus, Will

Topics covered

  • AI tools
  • software development
  • coding assistants
  • code review
  • developer experience
  • testing

Keywords

  • AI-powered dev tools
  • coding assistants
  • test generators
  • refactoring
  • developer experience
  • code review
  • debugging

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Organizations: SEEK

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