The Pragmatic Engineer

The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me.Today, we cover:<ol><li>Cursor and GitHub double down on agents. Each company is focusing on agents: Cursor with its multi-agent mode, and GitHub with its “Agent HQ.” Cursor is increasingly a direct rival…</li></ol>

Also: AI-assisted interviews at Meta, pay for Directors of Engineering at VC-funded startups, and is OpenAI inflating the bubble? And more

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Gergely Orosz

The Pulse #150: Cursor and GitHub double down on agents

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The Pulse #152: Cursor and GitHub double down on agents

The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it with me.