GitHub's Grand AI Play: Building the Developer's Future
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Here are the external resources mentioned in the podcast:
Books
- "The Pragmatic Programmer" by Andrew Hunt and David Thomas - Mentioned as an example of a foundational book for developers, suggesting its principles might be relevant to building robust software.
Videos & Documentaries
- (No specific videos or documentaries mentioned)
Research & Studies
- (No specific research or studies mentioned)
Tools & Software
- GitHub Copilot - Mentioned as the product that started the trend of AI coding assistants.
- Vercel CLI - Mentioned in the context of deploying applications.
- Docker - Mentioned in the context of creating development environments.
- Kubernetes - Mentioned as a technology that might be relevant in some contexts, though not explicitly detailed.
- Chrome DevTools - Mentioned in the context of debugging web applications.
- Git - Mentioned as the underlying technology for version control.
- Buck - Mentioned as Facebook's internal build system.
- Tauri - Mentioned as a framework for building desktop applications, though the speaker noted it's not designed for building browsers.
Articles & Papers
- (No specific articles or papers mentioned, other than the existence of posts on the Vercel blog)
People Mentioned
- Jared Palmer - Guest on the podcast, SVP at GitHub and VP at Core AI at Microsoft.
- Guillermo Rauch - CEO of Vercel, mentioned for his involvement in product decisions and concepts like the AI playground and Nat Dev.
- Andrej Karpathy - Mentioned as someone who believes every company needs someone to champion needed features.
Organizations & Institutions
- Vercel - Mentioned as the previous employer of the guest and the company behind products like Next.js and Vercel CLI.
- Microsoft - Current employer of the guest.
- GitHub - The platform where the guest currently works and the focus of much of the discussion.
- OpenAI - Mentioned in the context of their language models.
Courses & Educational Resources
- (No specific courses or educational resources mentioned)
Websites & Online Resources
- GitHub (github.com) - The primary platform discussed throughout the episode.
- Vercel Blog - Mentioned as a source for information on topics like post-trained models.
- Hacker News - Mentioned as a platform where the AI playground gained traction.
- Twitter - Mentioned as a platform where the guest shared thoughts and received feedback.
- Chrome DevTools (mentioned implicitly through browser debugging)
- Graphite - Mentioned as a tool that implements stack diffs.
Other Resources
- AI Playground - An early product developed at Vercel.
- AI SDK - A software development kit for building AI applications.
- Next.js - A React framework for building web applications.
- TurboRepo - A build system for JavaScript monorepos.
- TurboPack - A bundler for web applications.
- WebPack - A module bundler.
- Server Actions - A feature within Next.js.
- Dev container - A technology for setting up consistent development environments.
- Dockerfiles - Used for defining Docker container images.
- Open source - Mentioned as a philosophy for sharing tools and knowledge.
- AI Models (e.g., GPT-4, GPT-4 Turbo, other frontier models) - Discussed in the context of their capabilities and evolution.
- LLMs (Large Language Models) - Mentioned throughout the discussion.
- Agentic workflows - A concept discussed in relation to AI development.
- Cloudflare - Mentioned in the context of potential infrastructure providers.
- OpenRouter - Mentioned as a platform that aggregates LLM APIs.