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Rails Business · May 28 · 1 hr 1 min

Scott Werner Returns

Scott Werner (Sublayer) returns to discuss how rapidly AI and agentic coding have is changing. The hosts and Scott dig into why niche tools are increasingly getting replicated by developers and hobbyists with "good enough" custom solutions — while complex enterprise platforms may actually have more staying power. Scott shares what he's seeing at the Artificial Ruby meetups. They also cover Stripe's "forward deployed" AI role, the reality of AI consulting, growing trust in AI-written code, and orchestration tools like Fabro for defining repeatable AI workflows. 01:03 Early Agentic Coding Days 04:49 SaaS Is Dead Debate 10:28 Enterprise vs Homegrown Systems 12:52 Forward Deployed Builders 15:20 Architects Still Matter 19:33 Personal Software vs Production 23:22 Stripe Forward Deployed AI Role 26:16 AI Adoption and Consulting Window 29:42 Games and What Software Becomes 33:20 Burnout and Pairing Lessons 36:06 Learning to Trust AI Output 38:57 Requirements Over Code Style 43:02 Multi Project AI Workflow 45:36 Software Factory Orchestration 54:40 Process Thinking and QA 56:41 Skills and Non Determinism LINKS - Sublayer Website - Scott's Blog (Works on My Machine) - Ryan's Website - Brendan's X/Twitter - Brendan's Bluesky Questions or comments, email us at railsbusinesspod@gmail.com Send us Fan Mail

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Scott Werner (Sublayer) returns to discuss how rapidly AI and agentic coding have is changing.  The hosts and Scott dig into why niche tools are increasingly getting replicated by developers and hobbyists with "good enough" custom solutions — while complex enterprise platforms may actually have more staying power. Scott shares what he's seeing at the Artificial Ruby meetups. They also cover Stripe's "forward deployed" AI role, the reality of AI consulting, growing trust in AI-written code, and orchestration tools like Fabro for defining repeatable AI workflows.

01:03 Early Agentic Coding Days
04:49 SaaS Is Dead Debate
10:28 Enterprise vs Homegrown Systems
12:52 Forward Deployed Builders
15:20 Architects Still Matter
19:33 Personal Software vs Production
23:22 Stripe Forward Deployed AI Role
26:16 AI Adoption and Consulting Window
29:42 Games and What Software Becomes
33:20 Burnout and Pairing Lessons
36:06 Learning to Trust AI Output
38:57 Requirements Over Code Style
43:02 Multi Project AI Workflow
45:36 Software Factory Orchestration
54:40 Process Thinking and QA
56:41 Skills and Non Determinism

LINKS

- Sublayer Website

- Scott's Blog (Works on My Machine)

- Ryan's Website

- Brendan's X/Twitter

- Brendan's Bluesky

Questions or comments, email us at railsbusinesspod@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail

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