software engineering

5 statements across 3 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Aug 27, 2025 by Scott Wu · across every show →

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Aug 27, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wu: Language syntax will matter less than product sense in software engineering
“Yeah, I think what we find is, is, and I think this, you know, we'll see this trend generally in software engineering, which is knowing all the little, memorizing all the facts or knowing all the little details or being really good at Syntax of some language o…”
Scott Wu Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 38:38 A Cheeky Pint with Cognition CEO Scott Wu
Aug 27, 2025 bullish
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Wu: General AI intelligence alone will not solve messy software engineering
“Software engineering in the real world is so messy, you know, and there's all sorts of these things that come up. And I think in practice, you know, most disciplines look like this. And I would say the same thing about law or medicine or, and so on. And so whi…”
Scott Wu Aug 27, 2025 ▶ 23:40 A Cheeky Pint with Cognition CEO Scott Wu
Mar 10, 2026 neutral
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Taylor: Software engineering shifted from the most scarce to most plentiful asset
“Software engineering was the most scarce access asset in a company, and now it's the most plentiful, and I don't think we've ever lived in that world.”
Bret Taylor Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 1:13:37 Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board
Mar 10, 2026 positive
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Taylor: In agentic development, PRDs and intent are more durable than code
“Where there's a lot in, in the code that is more transient. You know, you might be fine to Delete that. What was the intention? What was the PRD? Like, what was the customer problem? Is actually the more durable asset.”
Bret Taylor Mar 10, 2026 ▶ 6:22 Bret Taylor of Sierra on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board
Apr 27, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Companies will shift resources from engineering to distribution to accelerate growth
“People are going to reallocate more resources away from things like software engineering, for example, to distribution in order to grow faster.”
Evan Spiegel Apr 27, 2026 ▶ 50:48 What comes after smartphones, with Evan Spiegel of Snap
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