The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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Nick Nisi joins us to discuss all the Windsurf drama, his new agentic lifestyle, whether or not he’s actually more productive, the new paper that says he maybe isn’t more productive, the reckoning he sees coming, and why we might be the last generation of code monkeys.

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    Featuring:

    • Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X
    • Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
    • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

    Show Notes:

    • How Windsurf was Split between OpenAI, Google, and Cognition in a billion-dollar acquisition deal?
    • Repo Prompt
    • AI slows down open source developers. Peter Naur can teach us why.
    • How I use Git Worktrees
    • Ultrathink++ | ClaudeLog
    • Changelog LIVE in Denver

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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