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Warp Code and the Future of Agent-Driven Dev
The Google vs. the US anti-trust lawsuit has finally drawn to a close, and (spoiler alert) Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome (or Android, for that matter). Going forward it will have to share certain search data with its rivals, and that’s about it, so this is definitely a big win for Google any way you look at it.
The popular terminal company Warp just unveiled Warp Code - a suite of features for shipping agent-generated code “all the way from prompt to production” via the Warp terminal. Warp Code offers an agent-driven terminal-first approach, with visual code review of agent changes, and a native file editor for minor edits in an attempt to eliminate the context switching devs have to do nowadays between their AI agents, IDEs, and GitHub.
In a twist no one saw coming, SaaS behemoth Atlassian has bought AI-browser Dia (and its maker The Browser Company) for $610 million. Atlassian wants to position Dia as the AI-browser for users at work and time will tell if that bet pays off.
Timestamps:
- 02:34 - Google doesn't have to sell Chrome
- 10:17 - Warp Code
- 22:56 - Atlassian buys The Browser Company
- 31:48 - Anthropic raises $13 billion
- 34:54 - OpenAI is building an AI-powered hiring platform
- 39:42 - What’s making us happy
Links:
- Paige - Atlassian buys The Browser Company for $610 million
- Jack - Warp terminal unveils Warp Code
- TJ - Google doesn’t have to sell Chrome after all
- TJ - Addy Osmani’s blog post on the history of Chrome
- Anthropic raises $13 billion Series F
- OpenAI is building an AI-powered hiring platform
- Paige - BenQ RD280U programming monitor
- Jack - Alien: Earth TV series
- TJ - Severance TV series
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