How will the IT industry change in the coming year? It will not be a big surprise that another year promises to be marked by the AI revolution. — In 2026, artificial intelligence remains number one. We are no longer talking about classic machine learning, but about AI agents – complete systems and frameworks that can independently plan, perform tasks and integrate with business processes – says Piotr Kawecki, president of ITBoom.
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— Agentic AI comes to the fore. Generative models cease to be reactive tools and become proactive, autonomous “assistant” processes. This shortens the path to production implementations and dramatically increases the scale of automation, he says.
As an experienced IT industry manager points out, “the line between AI and business operations is quickly blurring.” — AI plus Operations (AIOps) solutions force real cooperation between humans and the system. Roles are changing and the need for people who can design, integrate and supervise AI agents and manage the risk and compliance of their operations is growing, he says.
— Artificial intelligence is currently rebuilding almost the entire software development process – from planning, through coding, to testing and quality analysis. AI is no longer just support. He is increasingly becoming an active participant in software development, he notes.
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Is this the end of developers?
– New tools go much further than code hints. AI agents can generate and test application fragments, create documentation and unit tests, support debugging and error analysis. So this is not the end of the programmer's role. This is her redefinition. AI takes over specific subtasks, changing the approach to the entire software lifecycle. The key trend is the transition from an auxiliary tool to an increasingly autonomous collaborator, he notes
— Programmers are not becoming redundant – the importance of the ability to work with AI, supervise its operation and integrate the generated code in complex systems is growing. At the same time, many developers still do not implicitly trust AI results, especially in terms of security and correctness. Therefore, code review, testing and validation remain necessary, and responsibility for quality still rests with human teams, says Piotr Kawecki.
ITBoom Sp. z o. o. is a Polish technology company that has been operating since 2005. The designed solutions are based on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform, Microsoft Azure and proprietary tools. The scope of implementations includes the digital transformation of enterprises, from the analysis and process optimization phase to the implementation of tools and change management in the organization.
