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November 21, 2025 00:32:13 5.9 MB ( 25.02 MB less) Downloads: 0

Ryan is joined by David Hsu, CEO and founder of Retool, to explore how AI is transforming the role of a software developer into a software architect, the increasing accessibility of coding for non-engineers, and the importance of placing guardrails and higher-level programming primitives on AI coding assistants.

Episode notes:

Retool is an enterprise AI AppGen platform for internal software development, allowing you to create apps, agents, and workflows with any LLM, datasource, or API.

David Hsu previously joined the podcast to complain about maintaining internal tools. 

Connect with David on Twitter.

Today’s shoutout is for user Waseem Wisa, who won a Populist badge on their answer to Sass compiler throws 'undefined mixin' error when mixins are kept in seperate folder.



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