Good time to share that we're releasing some great end of year recap pods every day for your holiday listening! just posted: a great end of year convo recapping @OpenAI Codex and GPT5-Codex-Max with @bfioca and @realchillben
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OpenAI GPT5-Codex-Max Year End Recap Podcast
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Steve Yegge argues for code rewrites in AI era
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very timely: @Steve_Yegge returned to LS to directly disagree with @spolsky
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New Co-Founders Join 9-Person Team: Caltech Prodigy and Meta Veteran
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"We're at 9 people today. Two [additional] co-founders, Ajay & Eugene. Ajay went to Caltech at 15 and finished #2 in his class. Met Eugene his first day of school. They've been working together basically ever since.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 18 décembre 2025
Ajay went to Robinhood, Eugene went to Meta, they went to Nasa… https://t.co/0x32mnHzMW pic.twitter.com/ODRzB77Exw"We're at 9 people today. Two [additional] co-founders, Ajay & Eugene. Ajay went to Caltech at 15 and finished #2 in his class. Met Eugene his first day of school. They've been working together basically ever since. Ajay went to Robinhood, Eugene went to Meta, they went to Nasa
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Sales Skills in AI: Rising Technical Bar for Professionals
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"I think the other [thing in sales] especially in AI today, is that the bar for how technical you are is going up.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 17 décembre 2025
You don't have to understand every intricacy of the transformer, but you should be able to go over to an engineer's desk and ask the right questions to get a depth… https://t.co/0x32mnHzMW pic.twitter.com/MDkiPtw9ZO"I think the other [thing in sales] especially in AI today, is that the bar for how technical you are is going up. You don't have to understand every intricacy of the transformer, but you should be able to go over to an engineer's desk and ask the right questions to get a depth
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Sales as Transferring Enthusiasm in Tech Leadership
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"My favorite definition of sales is an ability to transfer enthusiasm from one person to another. I think that when you're recruiting, when you are on stage at your conference speaking, when you're an interviewer or interviewee, when you go home for the holidays and hang out with… https://t.co/0x32mnI7Cu pic.twitter.com/VpYjFU7FX5
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 17 décembre 2025"My favorite definition of sales is an ability to transfer enthusiasm from one person to another. I think that when you're recruiting, when you are on stage at your conference speaking, when you're an interviewer or interviewee, when you go home for the holidays and hang out with
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Don’t Hire Based on Big Tech Company Logos
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"Do not just go on their LinkedIn and look at all the fancy logos that they have gone and worked at and immediately assume that because they were at Snowflake or because they were at Databricks they must be good for your AI company.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 16 décembre 2025
In fact, in many cases it's the inverse is… https://t.co/0x32mnHzMW pic.twitter.com/yqztoPyRcg"Do not just go on their LinkedIn and look at all the fancy logos that they have gone and worked at and immediately assume that because they were at Snowflake or because they were at Databricks they must be good for your AI company. In fact, in many cases it's the inverse is
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Windsurf’s Product and Distribution Strategy Success
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"I think what Windsurf got right was a couple things. First was a commitment from the founders that they want to both build Google class product and Salesforce class distribution. It was a true commitment from the beginning.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 15 décembre 2025
The second was that they were in a great market that… https://t.co/0x32mnI7Cu pic.twitter.com/9VK4i71JbY"I think what Windsurf got right was a couple things. First was a commitment from the founders that they want to both build Google class product and Salesforce class distribution. It was a true commitment from the beginning. The second was that they were in a great market that
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Stacked Diffs: Technical Depth and Internal Development History
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Jared went in depth on what stacked diffs are, why they are so hard, and some history on it internally during our conversation from GitHub Universe 2025.@jaredpalmer https://t.co/z7RLz6nvFR pic.twitter.com/S9pj0M4UZq
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 14 décembre 2025Jared went in depth on what stacked diffs are, why they are so hard, and some history on it internally during our conversation from GitHub Universe 2025. @jaredpalmer
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Engineering challenges with LLM integration in enterprise organizations
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"I think if you're an engineer, it's even harder now than it used to be. The reason for that is this technology is so new for organizations that they both have to figure out how do I use LLMs and AI within my own org and how do I use your product within that ecosystem.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 13 décembre 2025
That's a… https://t.co/0x32mnHzMW pic.twitter.com/6emqVhO22a"I think if you're an engineer, it's even harder now than it used to be. The reason for that is this technology is so new for organizations that they both have to figure out how do I use LLMs and AI within my own org and how do I use your product within that ecosystem. That's a
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Glean’s Rise as Leading Enterprise AI Search Company
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"When Arvind came to Mamoon, this pitch of doing enterprise search was the eye roll of the industry. In the beginning it was a pretty serious slog with Glean.
— Latent.Space (@latentspacepod) 13 décembre 2025
Now it's become one of the obviously great AI companies in the heart of the hurricane. Back then it was extremely… https://t.co/0x32mnI7Cu pic.twitter.com/PM8siN8jAt"When Arvind came to Mamoon, this pitch of doing enterprise search was the eye roll of the industry. In the beginning it was a pretty serious slog with Glean. Now it's become one of the obviously great AI companies in the heart of the hurricane. Back then it was extremely