Mapping the Software Evolution Landscape in the Age of Large Language Models
Journal article, 2026

The pace of software evolution continues to accelerate, making long-term maintenance more challenging. Drawing on insights from SANER 2025, this column explores how AI and large language models are reshaping software evolution, quality, and modernization, and what this shift means for practicing software engineers today.

Maintenance

Large language models

Software

Author

Silvia Abrahao

Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)

Miroslaw Staron

University of Gothenburg

Chalmers, Computer Science and Engineering (Chalmers), Software Engineering (Chalmers)

IEEE Software

0740-7459 (ISSN) 19374194 (eISSN)

Vol. 43 2 120-124

Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)

Software Engineering

DOI

10.1109/MS.2025.3646007

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4/13/2026