Martin Odersky – Keynote: The End of Programming? #ScalaDays

Martin Odersky discusses how AI coding agents affect software development and why humans must remain in the loop through language innovation.

More: scaladays.org/sessions/Opening-Session-Keynote-The-End-of-Pr… Speaker: Martin Odersky Coding agents are fundamentally upsetting our routines and expectations about software development. Are we witnessing the end of (human) programming, where software construction will be exclusively the domain of agents? Many claim so, but I would like to think otherwise. I believe it's essential that humans stay in the loop, even if large parts of a software system will be written and reviewed by agents. To achieve this, we will likely need fundamental changes in programming languages and programming workflows, This talk will start the discussion about what kind of possible innovations could help. ### Follow us on Social Media and join the Community! Mastodon: mastodon.social/@scaladays LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/scaladays Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/scaladays.org Website: scaladays.org Mail: info@scaladays.org Scala Days 2026 was organised by Plain Schwarz – plainschwarz.com