The AI Native Dev - from Copilot today to AI Native Software Development tomorrow The Developer Skills That Will Actually Survive AI
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Jan 27, 2026 
Thomas Dohmke, former CEO of GitHub and startup founder now building AI-native developer tools. He contrasts startup agility with incumbent scale. He talks about AI-native workflows and agents changing how code gets written. He predicts agent-to-agent collaboration, composable toolchains, and says the enduring skill is learning how to learn.
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Different Weight Classes For Innovation
- Startups and incumbents fight different battles: incumbents must add massive net-new revenue while startups aim for first millions.
- Both innovate, but their scale and priorities shape very different strategies and product choices.
Startup Honeymoon Moment
- Thomas describes the startup 'honeymoon' where there are no customers, no on-call, and lots of creative prototyping.
- He warned this time ends once you find customers and must prioritize business-driving work.
AI As A Platform-Level Shift
- AI is another seismic platform shift like mobile and cloud that will fundamentally change software development.
- We are still at the beginning and the software development lifecycle will be reorganized by AI agents.
