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Software development

Software company · anonymized

Agents took over the coding and testing — so the engineers could rebuild the foundation, and clear a backlog years in the making.

Throughput: the pipe widened to match the work ~5–6 months
Before
backlog · years deep
After
intake = output

Same work coming in. Before, it didn't fit the pipe — features took about a week each and a backlog piled up for years. As agents took the coding, the team widened the pipe. Now throughput matches the work the business creates.

The shift · augment, not replace

Agents now handle

  • Writing the code
  • Testing, with automated evidence
  • Deploying across environments

Engineers moved up to

  • Infrastructure & architecture
  • Foundations that had waited for years
  • Clearing the backlog

Under the hood: scripts parse only what changed and the model reasons only where it matters — the cycle runs fast and stays cheap to operate, even as the codebase grows.

What the freed time built

Database as code
Before: development straight inside the database — no delivery process, no version control.
↓
Full CI/CD for the database, with every change versioned and reviewed.
Test & deploy automation
Before: manual testing and manual deploys to each environment.
↓
Automated testing on AI and continuous delivery to production via Actions.
Business-logic refactor
Before: an aging codebase that was hard to change safely.
↓
The whole business logic refactored and rewritten in Rust.

A backlog years in the making — cleared. Development now moves as fast as the business creates new work.

~5–6 monthsstart to steady state
Axyz · Case study Anonymized real deployment — agents writing and testing code while the team rebuilt the foundation.

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