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 2 120-124Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Software Engineering
DOI
10.1109/MS.2025.3646007