AI, Platform Engineering, and the Human Cost

In today’s Naftiko Capabilities podcast we sat down with freelance journalist and developer experience expert Jennifer Riggins about the current state of developer experience amid rapid AI adoption. We discussed how AI can improve individual productivity and broaden participation in building technology, while raising concerns about security, missing guardrails, and best practices. We explored platform engineering as a conduit for AI success, the persistence of organizational silos, and the reality that enterprise “swarms of agents” aren’t happening yet due to legacy constraints and unresolved integration and data challenges. This episode also touches on job precarity, unemployment, at-will employment impacts, and implications for junior developers.