Why AI coding agents keep stalling before production and the governance controls that fix it
THE SO WHAT
The bottleneck for AI coding agents isn’t capability, it’s trust—most teams won't ship code they can't govern. Engineering leaders should treat agent rollout as a governance project first and a productivity play second, with clear policies on scopes, approvals, and audit trails.
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