Spotify has merged 1500 agent created PRs(engineering.atspotify.com)

2 pointsby nickstaggs8 miesięcy temu2 comments

engineering.atspotify.com

Spotify has merged 1500 agent created PRs

https://engineering.atspotify.com/2025/11/spotifys-background-coding-agent-part-1

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arresin8 miesięcy temu

> This approach has excelled in several areas, including: Bumping dependencies in build files, such as in a Maven Project Object Model (POM) files Updating configuration files, such as deployment manifests Executing simple code refactors, like removing or replacing a deprecated method call

> While it is great for simple, repeatable tasks, making complex code changes is a challenge we’ve never fully solved.

nickstaggs8 miesięcy temu

I think these are the use cases for agents that are a win win for everyone. Companies get increased velocity from dev teams and quicker resolution of compliance headaches while developers get to focus on things that are actually interesting.