The Engineer Who Coded Like an AI Before AI Existed | Michael Novati
Notes de l’épisode
Michael Novati's agents have made 4M lines of code changes YTD — that's 20 KLOCs a day. On Feb 13th alone, he committed 417 PRs to GitHub on a production project. Though KLOCs are a flawed way to measure productivity, it's clear that when Novati codes, his way of operating is qualitatively completely different from most people's.
Get an inside peek into how a unique mind does its best work.
0:00 Intro
0:50 First Day at Facebook (and the PhD He Skipped)
2:49 Two Commits All Summer at IBM
4:53 The Big Brother Bot That Got Him Banned for Life
9:04 Lego Mindstorms and Books by the Pound
15:45 Why Early Facebook Was the Perfect Fit
19:12 What His Day Looked Like Before AI
25:17 The Codebase in His Head
32:45 When Speed Meets a Team
35:42 The 417-PR Day (and Why He Calls It Cheating)
39:37 Overnight Agents and 4 Million Lines
42:52 How Many Agents He Runs at Once
45:56 Why His Agents Read the Docs First
50:22 From Zero Tests to a Million
52:13 Judgment Tests: Testing for Taste
1:02:01 Not Reading Every Line Anymore
1:05:09 AI Went From Intern to Peer
1:07:56 The Beginning or the End of Engineers?
1:12:25 Why "Follow Your Passion" Isn't Enough
1:16:03 Advice to His 19-Year-Old Self