AI Doesn't Mean Your Developers Are Obsolete - If Anything You're Probably Going To Need Bigger Teams
ITPro, Tuesday, December 16th, 2025
Software development will never be fully automated, so you're going to need humans in the loop - and probably more of them
Software developers may be forgiven for worrying about their jobs in 2025, but GitLab Field CTO Marco Caronna believes the end result of AI adoption will be larger teams, not an onslaught of job cuts.
New research from GitLab shows a steep increase in the use of the technology across the profession, with 99% currently using - or planning to use - AI across the software development lifecycle.
Similarly, more than half (57%) of devs now use more than five tools for software development. This influx of AI tools is transforming the profession, with 75% revealing the technology will 'significantly change' their roles within the next five years.