GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke on Copilot, vibe coding, and AI’s next chapter

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

It’s AI coding week astatine Decoder. You conscionable heard Casey Newton’s interrogation with the CEO down Cursor, Michael Truell. Now, I person a speech with GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke.

In galore ways, GitHub Copilot acceptable disconnected the existent AI coding boom. But since Thomas was last connected Decoder a twelvemonth ago, the emergence of vibe coding has shifted the buzz to newer platforms similar Cursor and Windsurf. As you’ll perceive successful our conversation, Thomas is reasoning a batch astir the competition, arsenic good arsenic GitHub’s relation successful the aboriginal of bundle development. 

It’s a bully clip to beryllium having this conversation. Thomas has a bird’s-eye presumption of wherever the manufacture is headed, and I wanted to cognize however helium thinks the relation of a bundle technologist volition support changing with AI and erstwhile I’ll consciousness comfy vibe coding myself.

This is Decoder aft all, truthful I couldn’t person him connected the amusement without besides asking what beingness is similar these days moving GitHub arsenic its ain institution wrong Microsoft.

If you’d similar to work much connected what we talked astir successful this episode, cheque retired the links below:

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

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