Every six months, 20 or so senior technologists at the software consultancy Thoughtworks get together to compile the latest Technology Radar, a snapshot of the various tools, techniques, platforms, languages, and frameworks its consultants have encountered in the wild, each of which is represented by a blip on the radar.
Here are the four biggest themes from the April 2024 edition of the radar and why engineering leaders should care.
AI-assisted software development teams
What is it?
The rise of AI coding assistants – from dedicated tools like GitHub’s Copilot, to more general-purpose large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s GPT-4 – has been the defining technology trend of the last year.