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What is dark factory software development?

From the coding assistant to the dark software factory, where routine human writing and review move out of the inner loop...

A coding assistant helps a human produce code. Agentic coding delegates a multi-step development loop. A software factory systematizes production through reusable processes and tooling. A dark software factory is the high-autonomy operating model in which routine human writing and review have moved out of the inner loop. It is not a claim that humans, accountability, or judgment have disappeared.

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