TimeLess: A Vision for the Next Generation of Software Development
Abstract
Present-day software development faces three major challenges: complexity, time consumption, and high costs. Developing large software systems often requires battalions of teams and considerable time for meetings, which end without any action, resulting in unproductive cycles, delayed progress, and increased cost. What if, instead of large meetings with no immediate results, the software product is completed by the end of the meeting? In response, we present a vision for a system called TimeLess, designed to reshape the software development process by enabling immediate action during meetings. The goal is to shift meetings from planning discussions to productive, action-oriented sessions. This approach minimizes the time and effort required for development, allowing teams to focus on critical decision-making while AI agents execute development tasks based on the meeting discussions. We will employ multiple AI agents that work collaboratively to capture human discussions and execute development tasks in real time. This represents a step toward next-generation software development environments, where human expertise drives strategy and AI accelerates task execution.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.08507,
title = {TimeLess: A Vision for the Next Generation of Software Development},
author = {Zeeshan Rasheed and Malik Abdul Sami and Jussi Rasku and Kai-Kristian Kemell and Zheying Zhang and Janne Harjamaki and Shahbaz Siddeeq and Sami Lahti and Tomas Herda and Mikko Nurminen and Niklas Lavesson and Jose Siqueira de Cerqueira and Toufique Hasan and Ayman Khan and Mahade Hasan and Mika Saari and Petri Rantanen and Jari Soini and Pekka Abrahamsson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.08507},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
5 pages, 4 figure, and 1 table