Scott Werner Returns

from Rails Business · host Brendan Buckingham & Ryan Frisch

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 Days04:49 SaaS Is Dead Debate10:28 Enterprise vs Homegrown Systems12:52 Forward Deployed Builders15:20 Architects Still Matter19:33 Personal Software vs Production23:22 Stripe Forward Deployed AI Role26:16 AI Adoption and Consulting Window29:42 Games and What Software Becomes33:20 Burnout and Pairing Lessons36:06 Learning to Trust AI Output38:57 Requirements Over Code Style43:02 Multi Project AI Workflow45:36 Software Factory Orchestration54:40 Process Thinking and QA56:41 Skills and Non DeterminismLINKS- Sublayer Website- Scott's Blog (Works on My Machine)- Ryan's Website- Brendan's X/Twitter- Brendan's BlueskyQuestions or comments, email us at [email protected] us Fan Mail

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