Can AI Agents Safely Become DevOps Engineers?

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.

Check out the video podcast version here: https://youtu.be/zHmE6VpWD7o

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★Show Links★

• Mendral website

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
• (18:01) - How Mendral Learns and Automates
• (42:04) - Trusting Auto Merge
• (49:35) - Guardrails And Delivery
• (58:00) - Harnesses And CLI Future
• (01:09:10) - Future of Mendral