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.
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• Mendral website (mendral.com)
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• Bret Fisher (agenticdevops.fm/people/bret-fisher) - Host

• Beth Fisher (agenticdevops.fm/people/beth-fisher) - Producer

• Cristi Cotovan (agenticdevops.fm/people/cristi-cotovan) - Editor

• Sam Alba (agenticdevops.fm/people/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

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