There’s a conversation I once had with Amjad Masad, the founder of Replit, that I keep coming back to.
Not because it was about coding or scaling a startup — but because it clarified how building works in the AI era.
Here are the four ideas from that conversation that stayed with me.
The first one shifted the way I look at “technical skills”.
Amjad said you don’t need to be a programmer anymore.
You need to be resourceful.
Break the problem down, give precise instructions, debug with your agent, and keep going when things get messy.
This reminded me why building today feels different.
Every product we create in my team now starts with simple English, tighter constraints, and fast iterations.
It’s the same workflow I shared in What used to take me hours now takes minutes.
Once you stop thinking in terms of “writing code” and start thinking in terms of “designing outcomes”, everything moves faster.
The second idea is all about speed.
Replit didn’t grow through polishing.
They grew through a cycle of launching, reframing, relaunching, and listening for signal.
That’s exactly how we build content inside my team.
One insight becomes a Reel.
Then a LinkedIn carousel.
Then a newsletter.
Then a Twitter/X thread.
Each version teaches us something different — and one of them always wins.
Momentum beats perfection.
The third one is the shift I see everywhere right now.
It’s no longer hard to build something.
The real challenge is getting the right people to care.
GTM is the new bottleneck.
A clear pain point, a simple before-after, one strong proof point — and a quick release.
Some of our best-performing posts came from this exact formula:
one insight + a screenshot + a story.
You don’t need a complex strategy.
You need clarity.
And the last idea — the one I’ve been talking about all year.
The future rewards people who can orchestrate — not just execute.
People who connect tools, channels, workflows, and stories.
People who design systems instead of doing everything manually.
This ties back to a letter many of you loved — The future belongs to orchestrators, not operators.
AI isn’t here to replace you.
It’s here to amplify the decisions only you can make.