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Varun Mohan

04/20/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

We've invested heavily in understanding large codebases, which is crucial for making significant changes quickly.

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Building a magical AI code editor used by over 1m developers in 4 months: Inside Windsurf

@ Lenny's Podcast

Building a magical AI code editor used by over 1m developers in 4 months: Inside Windsurf

04/20/25

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Varun Mohan

04/20/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Working with large companies like Dell, we learned that understanding their massive codebases is essential for effective modifications.

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Varun Mohan

05/02/25

@ Y Combinator

We believe that the software will get easier to build over time, and we invested in capabilities to deeply understand the codebase and the intent of developers.

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Michael Truell

06/11/25

@ Y Combinator

We're seeing early signs of change in coding, especially in smaller codebases where teams are starting to use AI to code at a higher level of abstraction.

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Varun Mohan

05/02/25

@ Y Combinator

Our product is being used for real production large codebases, not just toy apps, and many users have never opened the code editor.

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Michael Paulson

03/23/25

@ Lex Fridman

Many engineers find it intimidating to troubleshoot complex codebases, but being able to navigate them is a rare and powerful skill.

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Y Combinator Cast

12/07/20

@ Y Combinator

Our goal is to offload heavy lifting into the core to facilitate cross-platform development, which we've successfully achieved.

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Michael Truell

05/01/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Our early development involved building a custom code editor from scratch, which we quickly transitioned to using in our daily work.

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Anthropic Cast

06/11/25

@ Anthropic

In large codebases, the complexity of dependencies can hinder the model's ability to run tests effectively, which is a significant challenge we are addressing with the background agent.

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Scott Wu

05/04/25

@ Lenny's Podcast

Devon creates its own wiki to understand and document complex codebases, enhancing its ability to assist engineers effectively.