AI is making it easier for everyone to create software. The harder challenge is building the infrastructure, security and skills to turn that explosion of code into useful work.

In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we sit down with Mario Rodriguez, GitHub's chief product officer, at GitHub Universe 2026 to explore how AI agents are changing the platform, the community, and the future of software creation.

Rodriguez explains why GitHub is rebuilding its foundations for machine-speed development, how its move to Azure supports that effort, and why writing code faster only helps if the software is secure and reliable. He also responds to Anthropic's decision to build Scion, its own version control system, and makes the case for Git's continued role as AI accelerates development.

The conversation goes beyond the technology to a bigger question: who gets to build? As people without technical backgrounds start creating software, Rodriguez argues that lowering the barriers can bring more people into the craft and some will naturally become professional developers. His framework: lower the floor, raise the ceiling, and widen the walls. This episode explains what he means.

Topics covered:

• GitHub's vision for collaboration between people and AI agents
• AI scanning, code review, and cybersecurity upgrades
• Copilot projects, agent squads and automations that learn from their results
• Keeping work moving across mobile, the web, Slack, and Teams
• Why AI demand accelerated GitHub's move to Azure
• GitHub's ambition to reach a billion developers
• Why easier entry into coding can strengthen open source

If you want to understand where professional software development, vibe coding, and open-source AI are heading, don't miss this one.

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