What the next year of software development looks like

By the end of 2025, a question that&rsquo;s hung over the industry for the past year—is agentic software development a novelty, or is it here to stay?—now has its answer: it is. In 2026, it becomes the new normal. Credible , senior engineers started making real cases for productivity improvements: demonstrated improvements in throughput, fewer dead-end branches, less yak shaving, more time spent…