We are now factory engineers, not product engineers

The paradigm of software development is shifting from engineers writing code to building automated "cloud software factories." Success in this new model is measured by the percentage of changes shipped automatically by AI agents, treating software production as a variable cost. A proposed factory workflow involves a sequence of specialized agents for triage, specification, implementation, code review, and verification. The ultimate goal is to create a system of recursive self-improvement where agents learn from human interventions to increase automation and efficiency over time.