AI Agents and Software Practices: A Source-Based Thematic Synthesis of Recent Public Materials

This research note provides a source-based thematic synthesis of recent public materials on AI agents and related software practices. It identifies ten recurring themes that may be relevant to programming languages and software engineering research. The result is a research memo that can serve as a reference point for future academic work.

• Time: 2026-03-26
• Essay: https://zenodo.org/records/19266631
• BibTeX:

  @misc{wu_2026_19266631,
    author       = {Wu, Jifeng},
    title        = {AI Agents and Software Practices: A Source-Based Thematic Synthesis of Recent Public Materials},
    month        = mar,
    year         = 2026,
    publisher    = {Zenodo},
    doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.19266631},
    url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19266631},
  }