# OpenAI Eng & Dev Tools Founder: How Software Engineering Is Changing | Charlie Marsh

DevFeed: [OpenAI Eng & Dev Tools Founder: How Software Engineering Is Changing | Charlie Marsh](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openai-eng-dev-tools-founder-how-software-engineering-is-changing-charlie-marsh-18095.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/openai-eng-and-dev-tools-founder>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-06-22T09:45:53Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [dev-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dev-tools.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Python](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/python.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/engineering-culture.md>)

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## AI overview

An interview with Charlie Marsh, founder of Astral, examines how software engineering and developer tooling are changing. Marsh discusses his experience building Python systems, limitations in Python tooling, and the influence of performance-focused native tools in the JavaScript ecosystem.

## Source excerpt

Charlie Marsh is the founder of Astral, the Python devtool startup that was acquired by OpenAI.