The author, a developer with 16 years of experience, began tracking AI models in 2019. Following the release of ChatGPT in November 2022 and DeepSeek in July 2023, the author participated in a Bitrix24 hackathon in November 2025 to gain practical experience with AI-assisted coding.
By early 2026, the emergence of ChatGPT 5.3 enabled the author to develop over 30 MVP projects. The author emphasizes that modern models like OpenAI ChatGPT, Anthropic Sonnet, Opus, DeepSeek, GLM, and Kimi can perform at a senior developer level, often surpassing mid-level specialists in speed and quality.
The author advocates for Spec Driven Development using frameworks like OpenSpec and Spec Kit to manage AI output. This methodology involves creating spec.md, plan.md, and tasks.md files before generating code to prevent uncontrolled AI behavior.
New professional roles are emerging, focusing on managing multi-agent pipelines, implementing security guardrails, and integrating RAG systems for corporate data. These specialists handle tasks such as migrating legacy codebases and debugging complex agent workflows.
Dax Raad, co-founder of the AI coding service OpenCode, reported that the OpenCode Go subscription plan, priced at $10 per month, has achieved self-sufficiency and maintained this status for two consecutive weeks.
