This article explains why current LLMs cannot safely modify real software systems, despite impressive code‑generation demos. Table of contents The Promise of Automated Software Delivery In 2026, the automated software delivery dream is for an agent to: read a repository understand project structure plan a multi‑step change write code, tests, and docs run the code and fix its own mistakes produce a PR‑ready diff The first three tasks are additive; the last three are transformative. The first thre...