An interview with Replit CEO Amjad Masad, who says the company's revenue grew 5x over the past six months after releasing a new AI coding tool called Agent
THE SCENE — Replit has had a turbulent year, but CEO Amjad Masad's sonorous voice was almost zen-like as he spoke to me on Monday … Bluesky: @mikefulk and @coloradotravis Forums: r/singularity , r/ChatGPT , r/technology , r/programming , r/ExperiencedDevs , r/webdev , r/antiwork , and Slashdot Bluesky: Mike Fulk / @mikefulk : Should have called it Agent Smith, the whole company is a Matrix ripoff. Travis / @coloradotravis : Do you know how many times I've heard this promise about not needing ‘professional coders’ to make stuff? — It's nonsense and generally signals you're building the next Adobe Dreamweaver. — Congrats, I guess, on helping everyday people build janky, insecure apps. Forums: r/singularity : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' r/ChatGPT : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' r/technology : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' r/programming : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' r/ExperiencedDevs : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' r/webdev : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' - Instead, he says it's time for non-coders to begin learning how to use AI tools to build software themselves r/antiwork : Replit CEO on AI breakthroughs: 'We don't care about professional coders anymore' Msmash / Slashdot : Replit CEO on AI Breakthroughs: 'We Don't Care About Professional Coders Anymore'