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Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)

2024-11-21 · 64 min · 51 entities

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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
  • → references Aman Mathur person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://linkedin.com/in/aman-mathur
  • → references God Of The Gaps person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
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    Feed author/publisher: Lenny Rachitsky
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    CEO of Replit
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    CEO of Replit
  • → discusses Technology company
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    Feed category: Technology
  • → discusses Business concept
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    Feed category: Business
  • → discusses Entrepreneurship concept
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    Feed category: Entrepreneurship
  • → references penname.co website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://penname.co/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://openai.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://replit.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://figma.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://cursor.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://salesforce.com/
  • → references claude.ai website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://claude.ai/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://anthropic.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://amasad.me/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://codecademy.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://paulgraham.com/
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://webassembly.org/
  • → references taylorswift.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://taylorswift.com/
  • → references nodejs.org website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://nodejs.org/en
  • → references Hci Profession person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://designdisciplin.com/p/hci-profession
  • → references thekurzweillibrary.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://thekurzweillibrary.com/

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websites 28

  • mentioned penname.co website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://penname.co/
  • mentioned openai.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://openai.com/
  • mentioned replit.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://replit.com/
  • mentioned figma.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://figma.com/
  • mentioned cursor.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://cursor.com/
  • mentioned salesforce.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://salesforce.com/
  • mentioned claude.ai website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://claude.ai/
  • mentioned anthropic.com website
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://anthropic.com/
  • mentioned codecademy.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://codecademy.com/
  • mentioned paulgraham.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://paulgraham.com/
  • mentioned webassembly.org website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://webassembly.org/
  • mentioned taylorswift.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://taylorswift.com/
  • mentioned nodejs.org website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://nodejs.org/en
  • mentioned thekurzweillibrary.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://thekurzweillibrary.com/
  • references penname.co website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://penname.co/
  • references openai.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://openai.com/
  • references replit.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://replit.com/
  • references figma.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://figma.com/
  • references cursor.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://cursor.com/
  • references salesforce.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://salesforce.com/
  • references claude.ai website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://claude.ai/
  • references anthropic.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://anthropic.com/
  • references codecademy.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://codecademy.com/
  • references paulgraham.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://paulgraham.com/
  • references webassembly.org website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://webassembly.org/
  • references taylorswift.com website
    0.38
    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://taylorswift.com/
  • references nodejs.org website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://nodejs.org/en
  • references thekurzweillibrary.com website
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://thekurzweillibrary.com/

persons 12

  • mentioned Jevons Paradox person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
  • mentioned Aman Mathur person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://linkedin.com/in/aman-mathur
  • mentioned God Of The Gaps person
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
  • references Jevons Paradox person
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    evidence rules-v4
    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox
  • references Aman Mathur person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://linkedin.com/in/aman-mathur
  • references God Of The Gaps person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
  • mentioned Lenny Rachitsky person
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    Feed author/publisher: Lenny Rachitsky
  • hosted by Lenny Rachitsky person
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    Feed author/publisher: Lenny Rachitsky
  • mentioned Amjad Masad person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://amasad.me/
  • mentioned Hci Profession person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://designdisciplin.com/p/hci-profession
  • references Amjad Masad person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://amasad.me/
  • references Hci Profession person
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    Link in episode "Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)": https://designdisciplin.com/p/hci-profession

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  • mentioned Business concept
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    Behind the product: Replit | Amjad Masad (co-founder and CEO)
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  • mentioned Replit company
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    CEO of Replit
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Episode description as stored
Amjad Masad  is the co-founder and CEO of Replit, a browser-based coding environment that allows anyone to write and deploy code. Replit has 34 million users globally and is one of the fastest-growing developer communities in the world. Prior to Replit, Amjad worked at Facebook, where he led the JavaScript infrastructure team and contributed to popular open-source developer tools. Additionally, he played a key role as a founding engineer at the online coding school Codecademy. In our conversation, Amjad shares: • A live demo of Replit in action • How Replit’s AI agent can build full-stack web applications from a simple text prompt • The implications of AI-powered development for product managers, designers, and engineers • How this might reshape companies and careers • Why being “generative” will become an increasingly valuable skill • “Amjad’s law” and how learning to debug AI-generated code is becoming ever more valuable • Much more — Brought to you by: • WorkOS —Modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, free up to 1 million MAUs • Persona —A global leader in digital identity verification • LinkedIn Ads —Reach professionals and drive results for your business — Find the transcript at: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-the-product-replit-amjad-masad — Where to find Amjad Masad : • X: https://x.com/amasad • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad/ • Website: https://amasad.me/ — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: https://www.lennysnewsletter.com • X: https://twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennyrachitsky/ — In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Introduction to Amjad Masad and Replit (02:41) The vision and challenges of Replit (06:50) Replit’s growth and user stories (10:49) Demo of Replit’s capabilities (16:51) Building and iterating with Replit (25:04) Real-world applications and use cases (30:13) The technology stack (33:48) The evolution of Replit and its capabilities (39:36) The future of AI in software development (44:04) Skills for the future: generative thinking and coding (47:26) Amjad’s law (50:36) Replit’s new developments and future plans — Referenced: • Replit: https://replit.com/ • Cursor: https://www.cursor.com • Aman Mathur on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aman-mathur/ • Node: https://nodejs.org/en • Claude: https://claude.ai/ • Salesforce: https://www.salesforce.com/ • Wasm: https://webassembly.org/ • Figma: https://www.figma.com/ • Codecademy: https://www.codecademy.com/ • Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/news • Paul Graham’s website: https://www.paulgraham.com/ • Jevons paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox • Anthropic: https://www.anthropic.com/ • Open AI: https://openai.com/ • Amjad’s tweet about “society of models”: https://x.com/amasad/status/1568941103709290496 • About HCI: https://www.designdisciplin.com/p/hci-profession • Taylor Swift’s website: https://www.taylorswift.com/ • Andrew Wilkinson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awilkinson/ • Haya Odeh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haya-odeh-b0725928/ • Amjad’s law: https://x.com/snowmaker/status/1847377464705896544 • Ray Kurzweil’s website: https://www.thekurzweillibrary.com/ • God of the gaps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps — Production and marketing by https://penname.co/ . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com . — Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.lennysnewsletter.com/subscribe