Paul Dix joins us to discuss the InfluxDB co-founder’s journey adapting to an agentic world. Paul sent his AI coding agents on various real-world side quests and shares all his findings: what’s going to prod, what’s not, and why he’s (at least for a bit) back to coding by hand.
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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Paul Dix &ndash; <a href="https://github.com/pauldix" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://x.com/pauldix" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Adam Stacoviak &ndash; <a href="https://adamstacoviak.com/" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@adam" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/adamstac" rel="external ugc">X</a></li><li>Jerod Santo &ndash; <a href="https://jerodsanto.net" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://changelog.social/@jerod" rel="external ugc">Mastodon</a>, <a href="https://x.com/jerodsanto" rel="external ugc">X</a></li></ul>Show Notes:<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/build-machine-builds-paul-dix-ioyhe">Build the machine that builds the machine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://x.com/pauldix/status/2006423514446749965">Paul dix on X: “2026: the great engineering divergence”</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.influxdata.com/">InfluxData</a></li>
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