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Software engineer as surgeon

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Lenny’s Podcast105 min

Sherwin Wu V2

Sherwin Wu V2 · Feb 12, 2026
Key learnings
  • Build for where models are going rather than where they are today, since products that are almost-working now can become…
  • Treat fast-changing AI scaffolding skeptically: models often absorb tooling like vector stores and agent frameworks, so avoid…
  • Don't blindly follow customer feature requests in AI; customers may anchor on local maxima while the underlying models are…