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⚡ Inside GitHub’s AI Revolution: Jared Palmer Reveals Agent HQ & The Future of Coding Agents

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Jared Palmer, SVP at GitHub and VP of CoreAI at Microsoft, joins Latent Space for an in-depth look at the evolution of coding agents and modern developer tools. Recently joining after leading AI initiatives at Vercel, Palmer shares firsthand insights from ...

Highlights

In this episode, Jared Palmer, now SVP at GitHub and VP of CoreAI at Microsoft, reflects on the rapid evolution of AI in software development. From pioneering early AI coding tools to shaping the future of agent-driven workflows, he offers a behind-the-scenes look at how developer experiences are being redefined—without focusing on ads or promotional content.
07:21
v0 reached $1M in MRR again just 14 days after relaunch
13:00
The agent world is a better abstraction than the chat world
22:46
Measuring AI product quality through error-free sessions is a key metric reviewed every three hours.
25:28
Coding agents outperform chat interfaces for automating real-world tasks like accounting
30:55
Stack diffs provide a superior workflow for large codebases and have been GitHub's top feature request for years.

Chapters

From v0 to Agent HQ: How a focused AI agent sparked a platform revolution
00:00
Beyond chat: Why the future of coding agents lies in seamless automation
13:00
Sandboxed environments: Can dev containers unlock frictionless cross-device workflows?
17:53
Measuring what matters: Using data to track AI agent reliability and progress
25:28
Rethinking Git: How do massive teams reshape version control for the AI era?
30:55

Transcript

swyx: All right, we are here for a very special edition of Latent Space with my buddy, Jared Palmer, SVP at GitHub and VP at CoreAI at Microsoft. Jared Palmer: Correct. Dual title. swyx: Yeah. Twice the fun. Is it weird to have two jobs? Enough. Jared P...