953: Why v0 creator left Vercel to fix GitHub (GOAT Jared Palmer)

Scott and Wes sit down with Jared Palmer of GitHub (formerly of Vercel) to unpack all the biggest announcements from GitHub Universe 2025. They dive into the future of developer workflows with agents, how GitHub is rethinking project interfaces, and where there’s still room to improve the dev experience.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
  • GitHub Universe Recap.
• 00:21 Who is Jared Palmer?
• 01:19 The developer workflow with agents.
• 03:33 Opening ongoing tasks in VS Code.
• 06:08 The benefit of agnostic agents.
• 07:04 GitHub’s biggest opportunities for improvement.
• 09:38 What’s your interface of choice for a new project?

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