A significant hurdle in software development is the creation and upkeep of robust development environments. The emergence of AI agents has heightened this complexity, introducing new requirements for permission controls, environment isolation, and resource management.
Ona is a platform dedicated to AI-native software development and engineering agents. This platform merges autonomous agents with secure, standardized environments, aiming to provide enterprises with control, security, and productivity to scale AI-native engineering without increasing risk.
Chris Weichel brings over twenty years of experience in software engineering and human-computer interaction. He currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer at Ona – previously Gitpod – where he directs the engineering team responsible for the company’s cloud-native development platform. Chris joins the podcast with Kevin Ball to discuss Ona, the impact of coding with parallel agents, the future of IDEs, selecting agent-friendly languages, code review as a new hurdle in the software development lifecycle, among other topics.
Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Ona, formerly Gitpod.
Kevin Ball, or KBall, is the vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders. He co-founded and served as CTO for two companies, established the San Diego JavaScript meetup, and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.
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