Google is telling its database engineers to lean on AI coding tools as heavily as they want while contributing to open source projects like PostgreSQL—but with one firm condition attached. Whoever commits the code owns it, no matter how much was drafted by a model or pasted in from a suggestion. VP Sailesh Krishnamurthy says the rule lets Google chase the productivity gains without loosening its grip on accountability, code quality, or the engineer’s responsibility for what ultimately ships. Google is telling its database engineers to lean on AI coding tools as heavily as they want while contributing to open source projects like PostgreSQL—but with one firm condition attached. Whoever commits the code owns it, no matter how much was drafted by a model or pasted in from a suggestion. VP Sailesh Krishnamurthy says the rule lets Google chase the productivity gains without loosening its grip on accountability, code quality, or the engineer’s responsibility for what ultimately ships.
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