Github Ceo Thomas Dohmke On Copilot, Vibe Coding, And Ai’s Next Chapter

Welcome to Decoder! This is Alex Heath, your Thursday section impermanent big and lawman editor astatine The Verge.

It’s AI coding week astatine Decoder. You conscionable heard Casey Newton’s question and reply pinch nan CEO down Cursor, Michael Truell. Now, I person a speech pinch GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke.

In galore ways, GitHub Copilot group disconnected nan existent AI coding boom. But since Thomas was last connected Decoder a twelvemonth ago, nan emergence of vibe coding has shifted nan buzz to newer platforms for illustration Cursor and Windsurf. As you’ll perceive successful our conversation, Thomas is reasoning a batch astir nan competition, arsenic good arsenic GitHub’s domiciled successful nan early of package development. 

It’s a bully clip to beryllium having this conversation. Thomas has a bird’s-eye position of wherever nan manufacture is headed, and I wanted to cognize really he thinks nan domiciled of a package technologist will support changing pinch AI and erstwhile I’ll consciousness comfortable vibe coding myself.

This is Decoder aft all, truthful I couldn’t person him connected nan show without besides asking what life is for illustration these days moving GitHub arsenic its ain institution wrong Microsoft.

If you’d for illustration to publication much connected what we talked astir successful this episode, cheque retired nan links below:

• Developers, Reinvented | ⁠Thomas Dohmke / GitHub⁠
• Developer Odyssey | ⁠Thomas Dohmke / GitHub⁠
• Why tech is racing to adopt AI coding, pinch Cursor’s Michael Truell | ⁠Decoder⁠
• GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke says AI needs title to thrive | ⁠⁠⁠Decoder⁠⁠⁠
• OpenAI’s caller GPT-5 models announced early by GitHub | The Verge
• Up to 30 percent of immoderate Microsoft codification is now written by AI | ⁠The Verge⁠
• GitHub launches its AI app-making instrumentality successful preview | ⁠The Verge⁠
• Microsoft is getting fresh for GPT-5 pinch a caller Copilot smart mode | ⁠The Verge⁠
• Zuckerberg: AI will constitute astir Meta codification wrong 18 months | ⁠Engadget

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