How agentic software development will change databases

Databricks argues that agentic software development is driving three fundamental shifts in database requirements: faster evolutionary development cycles, plummeting per-app value with exploding app volume, and the rise of ephemeral/short-lived applications. Their Lakebase architecture — separating storage from compute — is positioned as the answer, enabling databases to scale to near-zero cost and support massive parallelism for AI-driven development workflows.