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Q&A with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on why "vibe coding" is never about coding, the SaaSpocalypse, the "self-driving company", a CEO is a glorified router, and more (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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Casey Newton / Platformer : Q&A with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on why “vibe coding” is never about coding, the SaaSpocalypse, the “self-driving company”, a CEO is a glorified router, and more — Disclosure: my fiancé works at Anthropic, whose models Replit uses and which Masad discusses below.

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Q&A with Replit CEO Amjad Masad on why "vibe coding" is never about coding, the SaaSpocalypse, the "self-driving company", a CEO is a glorified router, and more (Casey Newton/Platformer)

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