Agent, take the wheel (Interview)

Agent, take the wheel (Interview)

Author: Changelog Media July 2, 2025 Duration: 1:53:58
Thorsten Ball returned to Sourcegraph to work on Amp because he believes being able to talk to an alien intelligence that edits your code changes everything. On this episode, Thorsten joins us to discuss exactly how coding agents work, recent advancements in AI tooling, Amp's uniqueness in a sea of competitors, the divide between believers and skeptics, and more.

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