Sam Alba, co-founder of Mendral, joins the show to discuss their new AI agents that act as “junior devops engineers” against GitHub Actions, security, failed tests, and more.

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Creators & Guests

Bret Fisher - Host
Beth Fisher - Producer
Cristi Cotovan - Editor
Sam Alba - Guest

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(00:00) - Introduction
(05:16) - Why CI Needs Agents
(20:18) - How Mendral Learns and Automates
(44:21) - Trusting Auto Merge
(51:52) - Guardrails And Delivery
(01:00:17) - Harnesses And CLI Future
(01:11:27) - Future of Mendral

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