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Coding in Collaboration with AI with Sourcegraph CTO Beyang Liu
Jan 18, 2024
Beyang Liu, Co-founder and CTO of Sourcegraph, shares his insights on the intersection of AI and code development. He discusses how AI can alleviate the tedium in software engineering, enabling teams to produce more accurate work. Their new AI assistant, Cody, aims to enhance coding accuracy and efficiency by providing robust context. Beyang explores the future of software development, pondering the balance between human input and AI-generated code, and emphasizes the need for evolving skills in the face of advancing technology.
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Quick takeaways
- AI coding assistants like Cody can reduce human toil and improve accuracy in software development.
- Sourcegraph aims to augment the coding process by providing robust context and integrating AI into popular code editors.
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Sourcegraph's mission: Closing the gap between programming promise and reality
Sourcegraph's mission is to close the gap between the promise of programming, being in flow and creating something new, and the day-to-day reality of toil and drudgery for software engineers. They aim to solve the pain point of spending a significant amount of time reading and understanding existing code instead of building new features.
