GitHub's plan for Agents — Kyle Daigle, GitHub
Coding agents grew 1400% in 2026, overwhelming GitHub's infrastructure built for human-speed development.
GitHub is grappling with coding agents that grew 1400% in 2026, pushing orders-of-magnitude more code through infrastructure originally designed for human-speed development and contributing to notable uptime problems. This matters because it signals that existing systems for code review, CI/CD, and version control may not be able to absorb the volume AI agents now produce.