@rohanpaul_ai: Stripe is seeing a version of Jevons paradox: engineers can build far more in less time, yet the backlog of software wo…
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Stripe is experiencing a Jevons paradox where AI enables engineers to build software faster, but the backlog of valuable software continues to grow. Will Gaybrick discusses how AI is changing Stripe's product development process.
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Stripe is seeing a version of Jevons paradox: engineers can build far more in less time, yet the backlog of software worth building appears to be growing with them.
Will Gaybrick, President of Product & Business at Stripe, discusses how AI is changing the way Stripe builds products
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