Spotify's Top Developers Stop Coding as AI System 'Honk' Takes Over Programming Tasks
Summary
Spotify's elite developers completely abandon traditional coding as their internal AI system 'Honk' revolutionizes software development, enabling engineers to deploy fixes and launch over 50 new features in 2025 simply by messaging through Slack on their phones.
Key Points
- Spotify's top developers have not written any code since December, relying entirely on AI systems to handle programming tasks
- The company uses an internal AI system called 'Honk' with Claude Code that allows engineers to deploy fixes and new features remotely through Slack on their phones
- Spotify ships over 50 new features in 2025 using AI acceleration and builds unique music datasets that other AI models cannot replicate