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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</ul>Featuring:<ul><li>Thorsten Ball &ndash; <a href="http://thorstenball.com" rel="external ugc">Website</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mrnugget" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="https://x.com/thorstenball" 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://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>
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<li><a href="https://ampcode.com/">Amp</a></li>
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