A Database Will Never Love You
April 29, 2025 · 26 min 17 sec
Are product managers’ jobs safe in our new AI-development reality? Paul and Rich discuss the news that OpenAI is looking to acquire the coding assistant Windsurf, asking the question: If AI is excellent at coding, why would OpenAI need to integrate a coding assistant into its products? This leads them to the role of humans in AI-aided software development—especially the product manager, and how their skills gathering context and asking the unexpected questions would be impossible for even the most well-trained AI to match.
Show Notes
- From TechCrunch: “Why OpenAI wanted to buy Cursor but opted for the fast-growing Windsurf.”
- “Satya Nadella recreates Microsoft’s first product: Altair BASIC.”
- Sarah Chipps on the podcast!
Transcript
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