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Steve Yegge on 2026 IDE death

Steve Yegge, a Software Engineer at Google with 30 years of experience, told an audience in a 25-minute session titled '2026: THE YEAR THE IDE DIED' that engineers should delete their IDE because they are no longer needed. He stated that by 2026 it will be crazy how bad you are if you aren't building AI agents. According to Yegge, 85% of engineers at Google are already running agentic loops and graphs, which is how the engineering setup will look.

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Steve Yegge on 2026 IDE death

Steve Yegge, a Software Engineer at Google with 30 years of experience, told an audience in a 25-minute session titled '2026: THE YEAR THE IDE DIED' that engineers should delete their IDE because they are no longer needed. He stated that by 2026 it will be crazy how bad you are if you aren't building AI agents. According to Yegge, 85% of engineers at Google are already running agentic loops and graphs, which is how the engineering setup will look.

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