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“Engineers are becoming sorcerers” | The future of software development with OpenAI’s Sherwin Wu

February 12, 2026·1h 19m·2-min readsolotechnology
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The role of software engineers is rapidly evolving into that of AI agents' managers, with AI now writing and reviewing nearly all code at OpenAI, enabling a future of one-person billion-dollar startups and a potential golden age of B2B SaaS.


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Sherwin Wu argues that AI, partic

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Sherwin Wu

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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.

People

Sherwin WuKevin WhaleSam AltmanLenny Rachitsky

Books

SICPby Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman

Companies

OpenAI

Products & Tools

CodexChatGPTAPI

Topics

Artificial IntelligenceDevopsFuture Of WorkMachine LearningOpen SourceProduct ManagementSoftware EngineeringStartups

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