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: lennysnewsletter.com/p/behind-t… — Where to find Amjad Masad: • X: x.com/amasad • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad • Website: amasad.me — Where to find Lenny: • Newsletter: lennysnewsletter.com • X: twitter.com/lennysan • LinkedIn: — In this episode, we cover: — Referenced: • Replit: • Cursor: • Aman Mathur on LinkedIn: • Node: • Claude: • Salesforce: • Wasm: • Figma: • Codecademy: • Hacker News: • Paul Graham’s website: • Jevons paradox: • Anthropic: • Open AI: • Amjad’s tweet about “society of models”: • About HCI: • Taylor Swift’s website: • Andrew Wilkinson on LinkedIn: • Haya Odeh on LinkedIn: • Amjad’s law: • Ray Kurzweil’s website: • God of the gaps: — Production and marketing by . For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email podcast@lennyrachitsky.com. — Lenny may be an investor in the companies discussed.