Infinite plausible PRs w/ Nate Berkopec

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Back in February, Nate said that coding workflows built around adding more human-in-the-loop steps were a dead end, and that the end state is the "dark factory," where humans aren't allowed on the floor. Six months later, Matt asks him where he stands now. They cover why agents that produce endless plausible PRs haven't made anyone much faster, and why the real bottleneck is deciding what can actually be merged. They also talk about why software never learned to measure "quality" the way manufacturing does, why everyone's factory will probably be custom-built, and why feature development is the last thing you should automate. Along the way: Toyota fenders, bourbon tasters and a Dependabot…