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AI innovation is shaking up the tech world. Given how significantly AI-assisted coding is impacting the field of software development, an important question arises: what is the value of partnering with specialised providers of development services in this new landscape where AI can largely take care of the coding aspect of software development?
And, in a similar vein – will the role of software development providers continue to be instrumental in the creation of digital experiences, or will it get rendered obsolete?
Since we are ourselves a software development company, this question is on our minds a lot lately. The traditional agency business model is undergoing significant disruptions, and development agencies are of course not excluded from this shift.
But shift doesn’t mean obsolescence. Providers of software development services still bring and will continue to bring a lot of value to their partners, especially those who lack in-house development capabilities.
Strategic development partner vs. AI
AI-assisted coding can take you far, but it often can’t take you the entire way. The more complex your requirements are, the less you can accomplish solely with AI; the more regulated your industry is, the less you should rely on AI for everything.
In contrast, a development partner can help you with strategic advice, suggest optimal technologies and recommend business-aligned solutions rather than just executing tasks. Most importantly, they take responsibility and accountability for their work, owning the solution rather than having these responsibilities fall solely on their clients and partners – or, worse, attempting to blame the AI tools.
AI is great at producing apps and websites that look great but lack in infrastructure, which can represent huge risks for enterprise / consumer-focused apps and websites. With a development partner, you get solutions that not only look good on paper, but work as intended, and are performant, accessible, secure and privacy conscious.
Because of this, a strategic partnership with a development company makes it easier for your product to scale without worrying about risks and/or potential market shifts.
Your development partner won’t just develop and launch your product, but take responsibility for scaling and maintenance as well. Their prior experience, either in similar industries or with similar technical challenges, allows them to be proactive in uncovering potential risks and finding solutions that are in tune with both business objectives and industry standards.
While AI is an excellent tool for short-term wins, a strategic development partnership amounts to long-term success.
What you get by partnering with Agiledrop
At Agiledrop, we’ve always strived to provide value to our clients and partners that went beyond the coding expertise of our developers. This principle has set us up for continued success in the current AI-dominated landscape, requiring minimal adaptation of our client services and relationships thanks to this strong proactive foundation.
Our company culture is centered around collaboration and knowledge sharing, with core values such as timely communication, adaptability and proactiveness serving as the foundation of our partner relationships. We quickly and smoothly integrate into your team and workflows, ensuring that development agility is maintained.
Good relationships with our clients and partners are our highest priority. Through the 12+ years since our foundation, we’ve forged and maintained many happy partnerships thanks to our consistency, presence and reliability. Our clients’ feedback speaks for itself:
“I would like to share with you some feedback about the collaboration with your developers this year. We are very happy to work with all of them. They are very nice, respectful and reliable developers. Our product team appreciates working with them!
They’re always ready to take on the next challenge, and this year they once again demonstrated that they can successfully handle complex and demanding tasks. They approach problems with a strong sense of ownership, consistently working through obstacles in a structured way and bringing a lot of creativity to technical solution design.
What I especially appreciate is that they actively share ideas, contribute to discussions and collaborate closely with the team. They’re not only focused on delivering their own work, but also on helping the overall outcome be better. It’s genuinely a pleasure working with them.
They’re extremely reliable and consistently approach their work with professionalism and seriousness. This year, they contributed to several difficult projects and delivered strong results across them. They can be trusted to follow through, stay focused and execute with care and attention to detail.
I also really appreciate their openness and mindset toward learning and improvement. They actively work to strengthen their skills, adapt when faced with new challenges and show determination in overcoming obstacles. Their steady contribution makes a real difference.”
– Client A’s Chief Product Officer
“I am super happy with the plugin developers. They are the core of our plugin development! Each one of them is super professional and reliable in any matters.
And what I really appreciate is that they don’t just simply implement a task; they are all developers who are also questioning their tasks in terms of necessity and usefulness – also making suggestions to improve things or to implement things in another way than originally formulated.
As product owner / project manager I often need to decide things in a hurry, so I really appreciate this.”
– Client B’s Product Owner
Conclusion
Even with the advancements in AI-assisted development, a strategic partnership with a reliable development provider comes with benefits that often can’t be replicated by AI tools.
If anything, a savvy development partner will be able to utilise AI to bring even more untapped value – for example, by being able to very quickly build a functional prototype / an MVP in order to uncover potential issues early on and better justify further, more complex and resource-intensive development.
In case you’re currently looking for a reliable development partner yourself, find out more about what it’s like to partner with Agiledrop, and feel free to reach out to us directly if you have more specific questions.
