Podcast Episode Details

Windsurf, AI Agents, and Kiro

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Episode 529

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This week, we discuss Windsurf being acquired (again), how much AI agents really help with coding, and AWS launching Kiro. Plus, Matt attempts to design a new closet.

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Runner-up Titles

• "The backlog will always be with you."
• The things I dream about…
• Closet debt
• It’s about the money
• They call it business for a reason
• The children are the future
• The best and brightest are going to be making better advertising
• Ghost Developers are Architects
• TaskRabbit LLM
• Crabs in a pot
• You’re on a temporary plateau on your way to Product Management

Rundown

• Windsurf and Coding Agents
  • Is Cursor having their Docker moment?
  • OpenAI’s Windsurf deal is off — and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
  • Windsurf's CEO goes to Google; OpenAI's acquisition falls apart
  • Cognition, maker of the AI coding agent Devin, acquires Windsurf
  • It’s about the research. Ignore the money.
• How much does AI impact development speed?
• Measuring the actual impact of AI coding with Abi Noda, CEO of DX
• Introducing Kiro

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