Chapter 1 Deep-Dive: What Amplification Actually Looks Like

Companion document to "Software Development in the Agentic Era" By Mike, in collaboration with Claude (Anthropic) The main guide states a thesis: AI doesn't change what good engineering is — it raises the stakes. Easy to nod along to, hard to internalize. This document makes it concrete with real stories from 2025–2026, then gives you tools to assess where your team stands. The stories fall into two groups: those that saved real money and those that caused damage. The difference wasn't th...