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Cockroach Labs co-founder discusses distributed database reliability and AI coding

newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com by Gergely Orosz 9 min read Editor score 6/10

Peter Mattis discusses building reliable distributed systems and using AI to write more code without sacrificing quality. The combination of distributed-database experience and AI-assisted engineering makes this relevant to senior systems builders.

What

An interview with Cockroach Labs co-founder Peter Mattis covers distributed database reliability, AI coding, and his engineering career.

How

Mattis says AI has brought him back to writing code and can improve quality while multiplying domain experts’ impact.

Why it matters

For engineers building large systems, the discussion connects AI-assisted development with maintaining speed, reliability, and correctness at scale.

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