The Future of Code w/ Amjad Masad CEO of Repl.it (Ep. 272) - a podcast by Dave Lee on Investing

Amjad Masad is CEO/Founder of Repl.it, a fast-growing startup that is trying to democratize programming by allowing people to code and collaborate from the browser. I discuss what Repl.it is, where software is headed, and how the world will look like in 10 years.

Check out Repl.it: https://repl.it
Amjad Masad on Twitter: https://twitter.com/amasad
https://amasad.me

Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
1:10 - Replit overview
5:00 - User stats and growth
8:00 - What is Replit?
19:30 - Replit community
23:40 - What's Replit's value proposition?
32:05 - Where does your empathy for the developer user come from?
37:22 - Learning to code by hacking vs theory
45:32 - Music and programming
49:04 - Replit's new programming environment for kids
52:03 - Kids learning by experience vs modern education
57:00 - Crypto a blow to silicon valley
1:02:00 - Traditional path vs new generation of hackers
1:04:40 - How did growing up in Jordan impact view of world?
1:10:24 - Impact of Replit if hugely successful?
1:17:38 - Will wealth gap increase due to tech?
1:24:00 - AI disrupting jobs
1:28:11 - What's root of optimistic view on tech and wealth divide?
1:35:30 - Ambitions in enterprise
1:36:37 - Replit's competition is Roblox and Minecraft
1:38:40 - Y Combinator experience
1:48:05 - Does Replit compete with Heroku?
1:50:35 - 3rd party plugins
1:52:50 - Talking to users and development
1:54:00 - Cofounding with wife
1:57:55 - Has covid changed view on world?
2:00:13 - Conclusion

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