Agile Teams Using AI Now Spend 90% of Sprint Untangling Airbnb-Booking-VRBO Spaghetti Code

A software development approach is being reevaluated in the era of artificial intelligence, where speed and coherence are crucial. The traditional Agile methodology prioritizes velocity over consistency, resulting in duplicated code and increased debugging time. A new approach, called the ARC Methodology, emphasizes building patterns over features, ensuring a single, coherent logic can be applied across multiple platforms. This methodology involves mapping problems, building concrete solutions, and refining patterns. For instance, integrating three payment providers can be done using a single pattern, reducing debugging time and effort. By using this approach, developers can create a pattern in hours, and subsequent integrations can be completed in minutes. The ARC Methodology also enables AI-generated code to follow the established architecture, reducing the need for rewriting and increasing productivity. This shift in approach can lead to more efficient software development, with new team members becoming productive in days rather than weeks, and AI-generated code fitting the architecture more accurately over time.