We're seeing people making software in 30 minute increments.

Someone the other day put a request for a landing page up,

they attach a Figma file, they got it back in 30 minutes.

That's really never been done before, and why shouldn't have it existed like that before?

It's hard to find concrete numbers, but some estimates predict that less than 1% of the world knows how to code.

Yet, it's also widely known that the minority... 1% of the world knows how to code.

Yet, it's also widely known

the minority of people who know how to not only consume

but create software yield outsized returns,

with some developers generating

some of the highest paying salaries out there.

But even this field is shifting quickly, especially with the advent of wide-scale AI.

And in this interview we get to chat with Amjad Masad, founder of Replet, an integrated development environment that allows you to code live in the browser.

Here we chat about how Replet has tackled the difficult problem of making coding fun,

but also how it's now integrating AI into its platform via Ghost Rider and the implications of these shifts on both current and future developers in addition to the applications that can be built.

As a personal anecdote, I actually taught myself to code in 2018, and to this date, it's one of the best decisions I've ever made, and despite screaming this from the rooftops, still many other people find it extremely daunting.

My journey took around 300 hours.

Yes, I tracked it.

But with the advancements in tooling and technology,

it may actually be easier than ever to learn to cope.

And I was surprised to hear from Amjad

just how quickly he thinks people can get up to speed today.

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