Software development automation stories

Sep 18, 2026

Microsoft ports Copilot runtime to Rust using AI agents for $120,000

Microsoft completed a full rewrite of the GitHub Copilot engine in Rust, with AI agents performing most of the porting work at a cost of approximately $120,000.

Sep 18, 20262 sources

Aug 16, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says engineers use Claude to generate over 80% of production code

Anthropic CEO disclosed that Claude now authors more than 80% of the code merged into Anthropic's production systems, with engineers functioning more as editors than writers. The company is also eyeing potential acquisitions and IPO plans.

Aug 16, 20263 sources

Apr 23, 2026

Google Reports 75% of New Code Now Written by AI

Google disclosed that 75% of its new code is now generated by AI and then reviewed by human developers, marking a significant milestone in AI-assisted software development at scale.

Apr 23, 20264 sources

Top claims

▪In a 1,000-session lifecycle test, the Rust-based GitHub Copilot runtime running in-process achieved a throughput of 120 sessions per second, compared to 7.55 sessions per second for the TypeScript version
▪Bun creator Jarred Sumner previously ported an Anthropic-owned JavaScript runtime containing 535,000 lines of Zig code to Rust using Claude agents for $165,000
▪The GitHub Copilot runtime's migration from TypeScript to Rust spanned 14.5 weeks and over 135 releases, with approximately 1.3 port pull requests opened per day

People involved

Dario Amodei

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AI coding assistants3 AI for developers3 AI labor & economic disruption2 Future of work2 AI agents1 AI startups1 AI tools & products1 Microsoft1 Rust1

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