GitHub on developer skills in the AI era

On 2 October 2026, a GitHub blog post argued that AI is changing how developers work and set out three skills developers should strengthen in the AI era: learning to direct AI agents rather than merely use them, not trusting AI's first answer, and using the time AI saves to tackle bigger problems. It cites the Rubber Duck agent built into GitHub Copilot, which uses a second model to critically review plans, code and tests, catching issues the first model missed. So far this is the only report on the matter, with no further developments.

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