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Well, I'll leave this comment by the company CEO here as i think it wraps up this whole issue in one sentence: "We don’t care about professional coders anymore"
by calgoo 1y ago
Well, I'll leave this comment by the company CEO here as i think it wraps up this whole issue in one sentence: "We don’t care about professional coders anymore"
[1] https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2025/replit-ceo-on-ai-breakthroughs-we-dont-care-about-professional-coders-anymore https://www.semafor.com/article/01/15/2025/replit-ceo-on-ai-...
- senko 1y agoFor context, he's describing a pivot from professional developers to "citizen developers", ie. non-devs. He's not saying there is no need for professional coders, just that they're not the core market for Replit. (TBH I'm doubtful they ever were)
- croes 1y agoBecause professional developers would spot the errors?
- senko 1y agoIt's actually easier to develop AI coding assistants for pro devs because you can rely on them to fix minor mistakes and guide the tool. In contrast, non-devs will just accept all, eventually hit a problem and AI won't be able to get them out of it. (source: was working on such a tool)