Cognition's autonomous AI software engineer
Devin opens a terminal, writes and runs code, browses documentation, and iterates on a task until it's done, marketed as an AI that can be handed a well-scoped engineering task rather than just suggesting the next line of code. Early demos drew both hype and real skepticism about how autonomous it actually was in practice, and Cognition has since expanded well beyond Devin alone — acquiring Windsurf's team and product in 2025 after a proposed OpenAI acquisition of Windsurf fell through, putting Cognition in a stronger position in the broader agentic coding market.
Manuela Fernandes
Not perfect, but it gets the job done. It catches bugs I would've missed for hours.
Olivia Nguyen
Better than I expected honestly.
Benjamin Pelletier
Not for me.
Harry Robinson
Picked this up for a side project and kept using it. It's become part of my daily workflow at this point. Cut my debugging time down a lot this month.
Marco Castillo
Does exactly what it promises.
Alexander Ryan
Been using this for about a couple months. The suggestions feel like they were written by someone who read the whole repo. It catches bugs I would've missed for hours.
Alexander Jansson
Cut my debugging time down a lot this month.
Ahmed Javed
Switched over from a competitor a month ago. It's fine for what I need most days. Cut my debugging time down a lot this month.
Kevin Kiplagat
It's become part of my daily workflow at this point.
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