by Dimitar Stanimiroff
Thinkers. Builders. Rebels. Big ideas from the edge of tech and beyond. Hosted by Dimitar Stanimiroff, Heresy started with a simple goal: learn from the sharpest minds in SaaS GTM. It’s grown into a show that follows curiosity across domains—tech, startups, investing, science, and philosophy. Past guests include Jason Lemkin (SaaStr), Aaron Ross (Predictable Revenue), Philip Su (ex-Meta, OpenAI) and execs from Uber, Box, Twilio, and Stack Overflow. New episodes drop regularly.
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April 2, 2026
<p>Most developers saw AI as a tool. Peter Nixey saw it as a warning sign.Three years ago, Peter wrote a post predicting the death of Stack Overflow - before anyone was talking about it. He was right. But his more recent writing hit closer to home: the moment he realized he was no longer directing the AI, he was slowing it down.Peter is a senior developer and advisor who has spent years working at the intersection of startups and software. He helped launch Fyxer, one of the UK's fastest growing AI assistant companies, at a time when OpenAI didn't even have a public API. Today he is building some of the most advanced AI development pipelines in the industry — and quietly questioning where humans fit into all of it.In this conversation, we explore:</p><ul><li>Why Peter predicted the death of Stack Overflow three years before the traffic data confirmed it</li><li>How AI moved from assistant to bottleneck — and why Peter realized he was the problem</li><li>The two factory system he built to remove himself from his own workflow</li><li>Why most developers are using AI completely wrong</li><li>The difference between building what you want and building what people need</li><li>Why the next bottleneck in software has nothing to do with code</li><li>How to manage your mind when the future is genuinely impossible to predict</li></ul><p>Follow Peter Nixey:LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbG5TYVhMLTJ4eHE0emlaZnFfaV9GQmdSMi0tUXxBQ3Jtc0tuZXlyMkhZdnJuekRBazJuNTVrQU51a0FBZXFWNXNvU2lQemIyQTNiWlhMbktGYVVwbXlaWDNNT2ZqRzF4OGgtT2p4a3h6d195LXllTGg3bnV6dnhVeUJOOXMwQmtpNTRsSFRQZG1mbkdCTFU5dDY0UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fpeternixey&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> / peternixey </a>Follow Heresy Podcast:Instagram: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHRVWVUydHV2N0tnaG1ESjVJajNqRG1pMmxaQXxBQ3Jtc0trTW51RXdPUUNiWkZhQ2dETlh2UGpORTFzZnpMLTRPRmpjTXY5S2pjZGFaWmE2MlFDV3JEOEVfZGFndkdmT29sZnlpV3k3X0JFNXExSDlxSTlHWmd6a0xmdkg3cmJtbGV1THRrLU03SldjYjA1Nkt5TQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fheresy.pod&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> / heresy.pod </a>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbmtoaFFOLVlEX2JNUHdqWnBjTEw5bXMwY1BMZ3xBQ3Jtc0trdENRSnhQeWd1UFpxNHNMTHR0bEFPcHNUYkdBWi1BU2NkTzNYREktRmxyb1BCa2U5X0p4MzJUTDlrRTllRjVGTG54UEF0TTRiV2VRMTdFUVRXT21td3pJOVQ3OEVpUGdMNElDcktGUFZYblNRYlp3cw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fthe-heresy-podcast&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> / the-heresy-podcast </a>Spotify: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa0luZVdtVzlkbXBvSXZhejZqdllDNUprNVEzUXxBQ3Jtc0tuZF9XcHRuMF9McU00dEdZSlVQeHdUQVVaVWZiV0ZXVnVKSzNLSk5lSTM3WEdFdlJEXzJSTGZYQkFwU1c0endoZnlVcnBSbnVxSmxMOVhRNE52enI0SW45QU5qVVNkV3JWUlZSS25uSXIxVTdxMnBQTQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.spotify.com%2Fshow%2F1PKWqUf..&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://open.spotify.com/show/1PKWqUf..</a>.Apple Podcast: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHFDMU0zM0xWcFdKWnE0b3haaGJpQkN1TklDQXxBQ3Jtc0tremlUdjVXQWRBTndObTc2ZTBRUzdEaFNteVE2RjdJQy0xTUtZcGhId0JtcGZSeVpQaVBEMWVqZ3FhOGN3QzRCUjlFd2dFUkxNZDBJYjFhNzhvMjZBRXVhOEprNGFzY3J4M2pxNVY3TmlWV3RQdG9FSQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fgb%2Fpodcast%2Fheresy%2Fid1230524195&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...</a>Follow Dimitar Stanimiroff:LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDJmSFJIeHlwdVFDX1lyYjZPYnE1Qm0xQVFDQXxBQ3Jtc0trS0o5dkt0NEFKeVhJb3JtLXlkVGM1SkNEa2lBQUNJdWlKVmZ2NzdscmszeWs4LWZaOW1zTXI3U0hDZ3VWejItZUlDVDNhSWUtYnZ0em1MaHBCT3ZfaEx5alYyUWUwdUIyZVpFMi1SVWVDamtjby1HUQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fstanimiroff%2F&v=3YBhLmcd4l4" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> / stanimiroff </a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4">00:00</a> Introduction<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=95s">01:35</a> The Stack Overflow prediction<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=330s">05:30</a> How AI changed the way Peter writes code<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=589s">09:49</a> Who owns knowledge in the AI era<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=869s">14:29</a> What made Fyxer work<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=1265s">21:05</a> Why most founders don't want strategy<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=1405s">23:25</a> The moment Peter felt his own value decline<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=1748s">29:08</a> How Peter rebuilt his entire development process<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=2005s">33:25</a> The chaos monkey step<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=2251s">37:31</a> What is still left for humans<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=2661s">44:21</a> AI, COVID and nuclear weapons<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=3961s">1:06:01</a> The phase shift nobody is talking about<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=4038s">1:07:18</a> Optimistic or pessimistic<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YBhLmcd4l4&t=4103s">1:08:23</a> Outro</p>
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Thinkers. Builders. Rebels. Big ideas from the edge of tech and beyond.
Hosted by Dimitar Stanimiroff, Heresy started with a simple goal: learn from the sharpest minds in SaaS GTM. It’s grown into a show that follows curiosity across domains—tech, startups, investing, science, and philosophy.
Past guests include Jason Lemkin (SaaStr), Aaron Ross (Predictable Revenue), Philip Su (ex-Meta, OpenAI) and execs from Uber, Box, Twilio, and Stack Overflow. New episodes drop regularly.
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