How Replit is using AI to supercharge IDEs with Amjad Masad | E1814
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Today’s show:
Replit CEO Amjad Masad joins Jason to discuss the latest developments in IDEs (3:04), leveraging AI for coding (11:48), Replit’s Ghostwriter (23:40), and much more!
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(0:00) Replit CEO Amjad Masad joins Jason
(3:04) The origin of integrated development environments (IDEs) uses and importance for developers
(6:44) IntelliSense, Replit's Ghostwriter and other debugging tools
(10:28) LinkedIn Jobs - Post your first job for free at https://linkedin.com/twist
(11:48) Leveraging AI in suggestion tools and coding platforms
(14:17) The role of autonomous agents in startup development
(19:20) Replit's Bounties platform and Replit's mission to build artificial developer intelligence (ADI)
(22:25) .Tech Domains - Apply to get your startup featured on This Week in Startups at https://startups.tech/jason
(23:40) Amjad Masad demos Replit's Ghostwriter and other apps
(31:46) Getting more people to become developers and low-code platforms
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(38:06) “Make Something Wonderful” Steve Jobs in his own words
(43:56) The human mind and the origin of Amjad's passion for computers
(48:22) Embracing AI and the resulting changes at Replit
(55:27) Paradigm shifts in Hollywood and tech
(1:03:06) thebrain.com
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| 0:00.0 | the technology industry these guys were all on acid and mushrooms and coming out of the |
| 0:04.4 | the hippie zippy movement and they really were opening the doors of perception and then |
| 0:09.4 | they were with computers at the same time yeah and you know imagine you're tripping on acid and you |
| 0:14.8 | you know you're also like using new technology for the first time you're like yeah I have some |
| 0:19.7 | interesting ideas here we should make a mouse it's like a mouse what yeah it's like a little thing |
| 0:25.0 | you move it around it moves the pointer like literally a lot of these innovations happen from |
| 0:29.7 | 60s radicals you know you know coming up with really interesting ideas this weekend startups |
| 0:36.8 | is brought to you by LinkedIn jobs a business is only as strong as its people and every higher |
| 0:42.9 | matters post your first job for free at LinkedIn dot com slash twist dot tech domains has a new |
| 0:49.7 | program called startups dot tech where you can get your company featured on this weekend startups |
| 0:55.8 | go to startups dot tech slash Jason to find out how and super gut is the only nutrition brand |
| 1:04.2 | clinically proven to improve digestion balance blood sugar sustain energy and manage weight |
| 1:10.5 | save 25% on their delicious shakes bars and prebiotic mix at super gut dot com with code twist |
| 1:19.8 | everybody welcome back to this weekend startups as you know AI has had a blistering year or two |
| 1:25.6 | here in Silicon Valley and one of the reasons is we have so many amazing developers and the tools |
| 1:31.4 | for developers who build interesting stuff have gotten better and better and one of those tools |
| 1:38.5 | that you hear about all the time is replete our EP LIT I fact I decided to get into coding and I |
| 1:45.3 | was talking to my friend Sunny and he said go like to show up and replete do this blah blah blah |
| 1:49.6 | and so I started playing with them they started taking their 100 day Python course got today 304 |
| 1:55.1 | and decided you know what I don't have the time to do this incredibly frustrating for me but |
| 2:02.2 | it's super inspiring to see how many people are getting into coding and how you know these |
| 2:11.1 | IDEs and we'll talk about that in a second have really made that possible for many more people |
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