Are Software Engineers Screwed? with Sam Lambert

I took a trip to the PlanetScale office last week to chat with @samlambert about a couple of under-discussed topics:
- AI (heard it's a big deal)
- Anxiety
- Are software engineers screwed?
I have a feeling this MOTS extra will calm a lot of people down

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