AI was meant to replace software developers. It's creating more instead.

Mike Cannon-Brookes, cofounder and chief executive of Atlassian. Bloomberg/Getty Images Atlassian shares surged 35% Friday as AI drives revenue growth and expands software developer roles. AI is expanding tech roles, boosting demand for Atlassian's Jira and Confluence. Atlassian sees non-developers using its tools, showing AI's role in more people creating software. One of the biggest fears about AI was that it would kill tech jobs and shrink the software industry. The logic seemed…