Will AI Replace Web Developers? We Built an AI Agent to Find Out
By Ian Aleck, Senior Developer
It’s a question developers hear constantly, in team meetings, in client conversations, and in the comment sections of every article about artificial intelligence and the future of work. Will AI replace web developers?
Rather than add another opinion to the pile, we decided to find out for ourselves. We built an agentic AI workflow, deployed it on a live development task, and ran it in front of our entire team. When part of it failed in the demo, that proved as instructive as everything that worked.
Here’s an honest account of what we built, what happened, and what it actually tells us about where artificial intelligence fits in a professional development practice.