Inside the Team That Killed Mandatory Code Review — Quinn Slack, AMP
Sep 7, 2026 · 40:14
Quinn Slack, CEO of AMP (spun off from SourceGraph), argues mandatory code review and local dev are dead now that agents run remotely in AMP's new Orbs product. Slack says AMP's 20-person trusted team ships fixes 15 minutes after a log or customer report instead of waiting on review, and has stopped using GitHub issues and pull requests, predicting 'the days of CI as we know it are numbered.' He argues cloud sandboxes with time-limited OIDC tokens are more secure than developer laptops, demos agent-built 'apps' replacing settings screens, and previews 'jellyware'—internal tools anyone can remix with their own agent. He recounts spinning AMP off from SourceGraph—rare since Yammer left Geni in 2009—keeping investors in both companies, and staying profitable without hiring PMs or marketers.
