2026-04-17 6 min read AI is writing more code than ever. AI-assisted contributions now account for a rapidly growing share of new code across the platform. Agentic coding tools like OpenCode and Claude Code are shipping entire features in minutes. AI-generated code entering production is only going to accelerate. But the bigger shift isn't just speed — it's autonomy. Today, an AI agent writes code and a human reviews, merges, and deploys it. Tomorrow, the agent does all of that itself. The question becomes: how do you let an agent ship to production without removing every safety net? Feature flags are the answer. An agent writes a new code path behind a flag and deploys it — the flag is off, so nothing changes for users. The agent then enables the flag for itself or a small test cohort, exercises the feature in production, and observes the results. If metrics look good, it ramps the rollout. If something breaks, it disables the flag.…