When Will We Stop Coding? A conversation with Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder @ Replit

What happens when the biggest advocate for coding literacy starts telling people not to learn to code? In this episode, Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder at Replit, joins me to talk about his controversial shift in thinking – from teaching millions how to code to building agents that do it for you. Are we entering a post-coding world? What even is programming when you're just texting with a machine?We talk about Replit's evolving vision, how software agents are already powering real businesses, and why the next billion-dollar startups might be solo founders augmented by AI. Amjad also shares what still stands in the way of fully autonomous agents, how AGI fits into his long-term view, and why open source still matters in the age of AI. Whether you're a developer, founder, or just AI-curious, this conversation will make you rethink what it means to “build software” in 2025. Did you like the video? You know what to do: Subscribe to the channel. Leave a comment if you have something to say. Like it if you liked it. That’s all. Thanks. Guest: Amjad Masad, CEO and co-founder at Replit Website: https://replit.com/~ Additional Reading: https://www.turingpost.com/p/amjad Chapters 00:00 Why Amjad changed his mind about coding 00:55 From code to agents: the next abstraction layer 02:05 Cognitive dissonance and the birth of Replit agents 03:38 Agent V3: toward fully autonomous software developers 04:51 Engineering platforms for long-running agents 05:30 Do agents actually work in 2025? 05:48 Real-world examples: Replit agents in action 06:36 Is Replit still a coding platform? 07:43 Why code generation beats no-code platforms 08:22 Can AI agents really create billionaires? 10:59 Every startup is now an AI startup 12:31 Solo founders and the rise of one-person AI companies 14:00 What Amjad thinks AGI really is 17:46 Replit as a habitat for AI 19:50 Open source tools vs internal no-code systems 21:02 Replit's evolving community vision 22:19 MCP vs A2A: who’s winning the protocol game 23:48 The books that shaped Amjad’s thinking about AI 25:47 What excites Amjad most about an AI-powered future Turing Post is a newsletter about AI's past, present, and future. Publisher Ksenia Semenova explores how intelligent systems are built – and how they’re changing how we think, work, and live. Sign up: Turing Post: https://www.turingpost.com FOLLOW US Amjad: https://x.com/amasad Replit: https://x.com/replit Ksenia and Turing Post: Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/KseniaseTuring Post: https://x.com/TheTuringPost Ksenia: https://x.com/Kseniase_ Linkedin: TuringPost: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theturingpost Ksenia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksenia-se