The Cross-Agent Development Method

Note: Try to resist the temptation to summarize this document. A summary will give you the general idea but will leave out a lot of useful information. About 10 minutes is enough to read it. A NEW MOMENT We are in 2026, and it has never been this fun to develop software. I have been working in this field for more than 30 years, and it feels like endorphins have never been so closely tied to software development. Last year was marked by the mass adoption of artificial intelligence agents that generate code. Software development will never again be what it was before 2025. Along with the changes came the promises. " In 12 months, programmers will no longer exist ". " In 6 months, all code will be generated by artificial intelligence ". Just commercial talk from vendors desperate to give their products some importance in order to attract investors. The truth is that developing software now involves far more planning and verification than typing code. Code is one part of the process, a lar