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Lenny's PodcastPodcastCodex Is Not Just a Coding Tool: OpenAI's Plan for an Agent That Behaves Like a TeammateHost Lenny RachitskyCodex product lead Alexander Embiricos explains the 20x growth, why every useful agent may need to write code, and why human review speed is the real bottleneck.
1:39:51ENLenny's PodcastPodcastAfter the Inflection Point: Simon Willison on Agentic Engineering, Dark Factories and the Coming AI Challenger DisasterHost Lenny RachitskyDjango co-creator Simon Willison explains what changed in November 2025, how he works with coding agents, and why prompt injection remains the field's biggest unsolved risk.
1:23:15ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersCamille Fournier on Rewrites, One-on-Ones and Building Platform TeamsGuest Camille Fournier · Host Lenny RachitskyThe author of The Manager's Path explains what annoys engineers about PMs, why rewrites are a trap, how to move into management, and what makes platform teams work.
1:32:32ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersDevin's Scott Wu on Building an AI Software Engineer and Turning Coders into ArchitectsGuest Scott Wu · Host Lenny RachitskyThe Cognition co-founder explains how his 15-person team uses fleets of Devins to build Devin, what the product can and can't do, and why he expects more engineers, not fewer.
50:03ENLenny's PodcastPodcastCopilot Is a Copilot, Not a Pilot: Inbal Shani on the Future of AI in Software DevelopmentHost Lenny RachitskyGitHub's chief product officer explains what AI changes for developers, what it does not replace, and how teams should adopt it.
1:16:17ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFaster, But for What? Nicole Forsgren on Measuring Developer Productivity in the AI EraGuest Nicole Forsgren · Host Lenny RachitskyThe creator of DORA and SPACE explains why most productivity metrics mislead, how AI changes flow and trust, and how to build a developer experience program that proves its value.
1:05:00ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersFrom Arctic Code Vault to Autocomplete: How GitHub Copilot Went From Moonshot to ProductGuest Ryan J. Salva · Host Lenny RachitskyGitHub VP of product Ryan J. Salva explains how a small research team's experiment became Copilot, and what it took to scale it responsibly.
1:16:53ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersEngineering Leadership After ZIRP: Strategy, Systems and AccountabilityGuest Will Larson · Host Lenny RachitskyCarta CTO Will Larson on how engineering management changed after the zero-interest-rate era, and the habits he relies on now: systems models, written strategy, shared incentives and honest values.
1:38:45ENLenny's PodcastPodcastWhen Coding Stops Being the Bottleneck: Inside Anthropic's Claude Code and Cowork TeamsHost Lenny RachitskyFiona Fung, who leads the teams behind Claude Code and Cowork, describes how an engineering org that ships roughly eight times more code manages quality, hiring, metrics and culture.
1:27:45ENLenny's PodcastPodcastCoding Is Solved, Says the Creator of Claude Code: Boris Cherny on What Comes NextHost Lenny RachitskyBoris Cherny, head of Claude Code at Anthropic, on the tool's origin, the principle of latent demand, and how work changes when engineers stop writing code by hand.
1:07:48ENLenny's PodcastPodcastMost Productivity Metrics Are a Lie: Nicole Forsgren on Measuring Developer Experience in the AI EraHost Lenny RachitskyThe creator of DORA and SPACE explains why lines of code and old pipeline metrics fall short with AI, and how to start improving developer experience by listening, surveying and tying results to what leaders care about.
1:09:56ENLenny's PodcastPodcastWhen Anyone Can Build Anything, Taste Becomes the Product JobHost Lenny RachitskyCodex desktop lead Andrew Ambrosino on how AI has inverted product development, why roles are blurring but shouldn't vanish, and where Codex and ChatGPT are headed.
1:26:42ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersInside Block's AI-Native Bet: Goose, Functional Orgs and Throwing Code AwayGuest Dhanji R. Prasanna · Host Lenny RachitskyBlock CTO Dhanji Prasanna explains how a reorg, an open-source agent and a learning-first culture made the company unusually AI-forward.
1:11:13ENLenny's PodcastPodcastAfter Code: Cursor's CEO on Logic Design, Custom Models and Why One Winner Will Take the MarketHost Lenny RachitskyMichael Truell explains how Cursor went from a mechanical-engineering pivot to a $300M ARR product, and where he thinks programming is heading.
1:40:03ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersDo More Per Minute: Shopify's Farhan Thawar on Intensity, Hard Paths and Hiring by DoingGuest Farhan Thawar · Host Lenny RachitskyShopify's head of engineering explains how pair programming, relentless check-ins, deleted code and job trials keep a 10,000-person company moving fast.
1:04:09ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersA Developer in Your Pocket: Replit's Amjad Masad on What Happens When Everyone Can Build SoftwareGuest Amjad Masad · Host Lenny RachitskyReplit's co-founder demos an agent that builds a full-stack app in minutes, then explains what it means for product managers, designers, engineers and founders.
1:19:39ENLenny's PodcastPodcastEngineers Become Sorcerers: OpenAI's Sherwin Wu on the Next 12 to 24 MonthsHost Lenny RachitskyThe head of engineering for OpenAI's API and developer platform describes life with Codex, how management is changing, and why builders should aim for where the models are going.
1:14:06ENLenny's PodcastPodcastWindsurf's Bet: Build the IDE That Makes Today's IDE Look DumbHost Lenny RachitskyVarun Mohan explains how Windsurf pivoted from GPU infrastructure to an agentic code editor, why it forked VS Code, and how he thinks about models, hiring, enterprise sales, and the future of software work.
1:15:13ENLenny's PodcastPodcast · 2 speakersShipping Real Apps Without Writing Code: A Non-Technical PM's Cursor and Claude Code WorkflowGuest Zevi Arnovitz · Host Lenny RachitskyZevi Arnovitz, a product manager with no technical background, walks Lenny Rachitsky through the slash-command workflow he uses to build and ship products with AI.
1:42:30ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Genie Has Three Wishes: How a Non-Coder Became Lovable's Professional Vibe CoderHost Lenny RachitskyLazar Jovanovic explains the planning files, parallel prototypes and debugging routine he uses to ship production software with AI, and why judgment and taste now matter more than code.