The era of the Small Giant (Interview)

微型巨兽时代(访谈)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

2026-01-23

1 小时 38 分钟
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Damien Tanner (founder of Pusher, now building Layercode) is back for a reunion 17 years in the making. Damien officially returns to The Changelog to discuss the seismic shift happening in software development. From the first sponsor of the podcast to frontline builder in the AI agent era, Damien shares his insights on why SaaS is dying, why code review is a bottleneck (and non-existent for some), and how small teams can now build giant things.
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  • My friends will come back this is the change

  • while we feature the hackers the leaders and those Living in this crazy world we're in.

  • Can you believe it?

  • Yeah, Damien Tanner's back on the show after 17 years Wow Okay, some backstory.

  • Damian Tanner, founder of Pusher, now building Layer Code.

  • He returned to the podcast, technically officially for the first time, but he's sponsored the show.

  • He was one of our very first sponsors of this podcast, 17 years ago, almost, I want to say.

  • I'm estimating, but it's pretty close to that.

  • I think that's so cool.

  • So he's back officially talking about the seismic shift happening right now in software development.

  • I know you're feeling it.

  • I'm feeling it.

  • Everyone's feeling it.

  • So from first time sponsor the podcast to a frontline builder in the AI agent era Damian shares raw insights on why SAS is dying,

  • why Coderview is becoming a bottleneck, maybe nonexistent,

  • and how small teams can build giant things.

  • A massive thank you to our friends, our partners, our sponsor.

  • Yes, talking about fly.io, the home of changelaw.com.

  • Love fly, and you should too, launch a Sprite,

  • launch a fly machine, launch an app, launch whatever on fly.