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The New Stack · September 7, 2026

“Twenty years of brand building simply froze in time”: How coding agents select their tools of choice

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selecting coding tools

The article highlights that 'twenty years of brand building simply froze in time' as coding agents select their tools of choice. For faculty in marketing, computer science, and information systems, this signals a disruption in how software and developer products are adopted. The shift suggests that autonomous coding agents, rather than conventional brand equity and human loyalty, are driving tooling decisions.

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Instructors can explore the tension between conventional human-directed brand marketing and the algorithmic criteria coding agents use to evaluate and select software tools.

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