September 21, 2023

#85 - Thomas Dohmke // CEO @ GitHub

54 minutes

The AI-Driven Future of Software Development, Scaling, and the Open Source

git checkout the future of software development with Thomas Dohmke, CEO of GitHub. This broad podcast discusses everything from refactoring and scaling to the CTO/CEO role, from open source to AI as a Dev Tool. Every day Thomas delves into the development of software development - so his 🧠 was a great brain to pick.

Listen to find out:

Why refactoring 🧩 will always be a part of growth (but AI will help)

What was it like being integrated ☂️ into Microsoft post-M&A

What are GitHub’s current challenges 👷

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

03:18 from East Germany to Silivon Valley

04:36 Ruby

06:29 From Software Developer to Founder

07:35 What happens after Microsoft aquires a company

10:45 Microsoft’s DevTools Ecosystem

12:18 Power of the Open Source

15:36 What has changed in the last 20 years

18:09 GitHub’s vision

18:51 Refactoring Legacy Code with Generative AI

25:42 DevOps and Deploying GenAI code

29:31 The Futility of Focussing on a Scalability in Earlydays Startup

32:59 What Challenges Are Being Worked art GitHub right now?

34:2o SrategyL Ideas and challefs

34:43 The Role of GitHub CEO

38:42 The generalist role of a CTO

41:57 Being a Tech Leader of DevTool

45:26 Mentorship and Inspiration (Steve Jobs)

48:09 ChatGPT

51:51 Advice to Younger Self as German Techie

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