Today Quincy Larson interviews Justin Searls. He's a software engineer who cofounded a software agency 15 years ago that's still going – even after he figured out how to make a lot of money quickly an

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Justin Searls, a software engineer who cofounded an agency 15 years ago and retired at 38, discusses how AI agents are reshaping software development. Key themes include the shift from team-based to individual developer work, the importance of verifiability in AI-assisted codebases, and how newer developers can leverage emerging tools to compete with experienced engineers. The podcast also links to community resources including Kubernetes, Notion, Python, and AI agent courses.

There are 2 kinds of devs. One of them is screwed. Justin Searls interview [Podcast #210]

<p>It’s so great that we continue to use AI to build things faster when AI kills the people who would be consuming these products.</p>
