Windsurf’s 72-Hour Power Shuffle

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There are so many headlines about AI IDE Windsurf as of late, but we’ll try to catch you up.

First, OpenAI wanted to buy Windsurf for $3B, but the deal fell through due to Microsoft. Next, Google hired Windsurf’s top execs and researchers to work on its AI products, but didn’t buy the Windsurf IDE, for $2.4B. Then, Cognition bought the remainder of Windsurf’s IP (and its staff) to integrate into its own products like Devin. And did we mention this all happened in the span of 72 hours?

Amazon released its own AI-powered IDE called Kiro, and it claims it will bring structure to vibe-coding with "specs" to appeal to the enterprise companies. Kiro transforms prompts into structured specifications, technical designs, and implementation plans complete with testing.

Next.js 15.4 debuted with a few notable highlights like 100% integration test compatibility for its new Turbopack bundler, and an experimental feature flag called `browserDebugInfoInTerminal` that will forward browser console output to the local terminal so CLI coding agents and AI IDEs like Cursor can see (and fix) client side errors. That sounds super useful.

Timestamps:

• 1:07 - Windsurf drama explained
• 11:28 - Amazon’s new Kiro editor
• 26:29 - Next 15.4
• 33:33 - Figma’s new glass effect
• 39:19 - Lee Robinson leaves Vercel
• 41:09 - What’s making us happy

Links:

• Paige - Next.js 15.4, including `browserDebugInfoInTerminal` flag for AI agents
• Jack - Kiro AI IDE for spec-driven development
• TJ - OpenAI’s Windsurf deal falls through - and Windsurf’s CEO is going to Google
• Lee Robinson leaves Vercel after 5 years
• Figma has Glass Effect
• Paige - The Will of the Many novel
• Jack - Ninja Single Serve coffee maker and SF Bay Coffee compostable K-cups
• TJ - Tabletop shuffleboard

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