[IT News] Understanding the Current State of Software Development from Octoverse 2026|けーぞー

[IT News] Understanding the Current State of Software Development from Octoverse 2026|けーぞー

Octoverse 2026 GitHub has released its annual report, “Octoverse 2026.” [github.blog] What was particularly impressive while reading the 2026 report is the shift from the “AI-assisted development stage” to the “AI-collaborative development stage.” It is not just about code generation becoming more convenient; the data shows that the way development is conducted itself is beginning…

GitHub Octoverse 2026: AI Agents Now Start Over 40% of Pull Requests as Surging Load Strains Infrastructure

GitHub Octoverse 2026: AI Agents Now Start Over 40% of Pull Requests as Surging Load Strains Infrastructure

Generative AI in software development is moving beyond helping developers type code toward handing the work itself to AI agents. Instead of writing code line by line, developers now describe what they want fixed or achieved and delegate changes spanning an entire repository to an agent. This shift is changing not only how software is…

GitHub’s 2026 Octoverse reports record activity as developers build with agents

GitHub’s 2026 Octoverse reports record activity as developers build with agents

GitHub’s annual report describes a sharp midyear rise in activity, growing use of coding agents and more projects in fields beyond software, including health care and agriculture. Developers pushed code to GitHub 17.9 billion times in the past 12 months – more than in 2024 and 2025 combined, according to GitHub’s 2026 Octoverse report. Commits…