Changelog Interviews

The era of the Small Giant


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Damien Tanner (founder of Pusher, now building Layercode) is back for a reunion 17 years in the making. Damien officially returns to The Changelog to discuss the seismic shift happening in software development. From the first sponsor of the podcast to frontline builder in the AI agent era, Damien shares his insights on why SaaS is dying, why code review is a bottleneck (and non-existent for some), and how small teams can now build giant things.

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  • Featuring:

    • Damien Tanner – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • Layercode
    • Pusher
    • AI Engineer London Meetup
    • How Claude Code Works (Jared Zoneraich, PromptLayer)
    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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