Agents of Dev - AI, Agent & Agentic Development
The Agents of Dev Podcast explores how software developers build and will build applications in the era of AI, agents, and agentic technologies. Futurum Research analysts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin bring their dual perspectives as industry analysts and practitioners to unpack what industry moves, vendor strategies, and on-the-ground engineering realities signal about the future of enterprise software. Each episode explores innovations, opportunities, and even oopsies to inform us about how AI-native development is reshaping the work of planning, designing, building, deploying, and operating software. Part of the Futurum Group family of podcasts.
Episodes
Imagine a world where your software doesn’t just run—it thinks, adapts, and heals itself when a data pipeline breaks at 3:00 AM.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore the “Inception” of modern coding: the rise of self-referential, agentic software.
Moving beyond functions calling functions, they dive into systems that can act, correct, and even evolve on their own. As traditional CSV-and-FTP workfl...
In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore how Teradata is evolving into an open data platform designed for AI, hybrid search and agentic workflows.
They also examine the growing importance of AI security, including what OpenAI’s potential PromptFu acquisition could signal for the future of securing AI-generated software.
The conversation breaks down the rise of verification debt in AI-generated code, w...
Is your IT ready for the AI-driven future?
In this episode of Agents of Dev, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore IBM’s DB2 Genius Hub and how it simplifies database operations, accelerates root cause analysis, and helps modernize enterprise IT environments.
They go beyond database tools to examine the broader transformation AI is driving across infrastructure, development, and analytics workflows, highlighting the need for “obser...
The era of 'dumb storage' is officially dead, replaced by a world where AI doesn't just live on your servers—it becomes the operating system for your entire enterprise.
In this episode of Agents of Dev, hosts Brad Shimmin and Mitch Ashley dismantle the notion that data management is still just about "dumb storage." The conversation kicks off with a look at the major branding shifts sweeping the industry—highlighted by Pure Storage’...
AI agents are no longer experimental side projects — they’re reshaping how developers build, manage and ship software.
In Episode 11 of Agents of Dev, hosts Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin unpack the rapid rise of open-source AI agent frameworks, the acquisition ripple effects across the market, and what it means for IDEs, developer workflows and enterprise control planes.
The discussion covers:
- Why agent interfaces are evolving...
Enterprise IT doesn’t fail because of technology. It fails because of hesitation.
In Episode 10 of Agents of Dev, hosts Brad Shimmin and Mitch Ashley examine why fear of change is often the biggest barrier to modernization — especially when it comes to mission-critical applications. They explore:
• Why legacy systems still power global enterprises
• The real risk of standing still
• How AI and DevOps are reshaping modernization str...
As AI-powered automation accelerates, new tools promise to simplify software development—but they also introduce new risks.
In this episode, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin examine emerging AI tools like Claude Bot and Molt Bot, breaking down what they do, how developers are using them, and why security concerns are quickly becoming impossible to ignore.
The discussion dives into:
- The real-world risks of deploying AI bots wit...
Claude Cowork, developed by Anthropic, represents a major shift in how people interact with artificial intelligence at work. Instead of complex command-line tools or heavy technical setup, Claude Cowork allows users to create AI-powered agents that manage tasks, files, and workflows—without writing code.
In this episode, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down what Claude Cowork is, why it matters, and how it lowers the barrier f...
The developer ecosystem is experiencing growing tension as APIs change rapidly, tooling ecosystems fragment, and AI becomes deeply embedded in software engineering workflows.
In this episode, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore the root causes behind developer frustration, from unstable APIs to the rapid rise of AI-powered development tools. They examine the recent influence of Anthropic on the developer landscape, the importance...
Software development is changing fast as AI becomes embedded directly into how code is written, planned, and shipped.
Java and Python continue to dominate, but tooling, workflows, and expectations for engineers are evolving just as quickly. In this conversation, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down what’s actually changing beneath the hype.
From AI-powered developer tools and spec-driven development to the renewed importance ...
AI is changing how software gets built, and it’s not subtle. Coding agents, long-term memory, and context-aware workflows are reshaping what developers actually do day to day.
Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down how AI is altering planning, specifications, and project structure, why traditional APIs are struggling, and what happens when agents start managing more of the work. They also dig into how developer roles are shifting...
Developers are facing a major shift in how they build, deploy, and interact with technology. In this episode, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin explore how infrastructure and tooling are becoming central to the developer role, and how AI is reshaping development workflows.
They discuss ongoing challenges with APIs, the need for more structured and predictable interactions, and what these shifts mean for the future of software developme...
AI development environments are evolving fast, reshaping how engineers build software.
In this episode, Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin break down the competition between vendors, the importance of user familiarity, and the real challenges of managing projects in AI-driven workflows.
They explore why documentation matters more than ever, how the cyclical nature of dev tools impacts teams, and why maintaining state is essential in mod...
Agents of Dev Episode 1 dives into the future of software development with Mitch Ashley and Brad Shimmin. They break down how AI, agentic workflows, and modern analytics are reshaping the dev ecosystem.
From AWS re:Invent insights to evolving engineering practices, this episode explores innovation, trust in tech, and what’s coming next for developers, teams, and the broader industry.
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