A Codeless Ecosystem, or hacking beyond vibe coding
There's been a remarkable leap forward in the ability to orchestrate coding bots, making it possible for ordinary creators to command dozens of AI bots to build...
Hi, I'm Anil Dash
I'm a tech entrepreneur and writer trying to make the technology world more thoughtful, creative and humane. You can read more about me here.
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I've been working in and around the technology industry for a long time. Depending on how you count, it's 20 or 30 years. (I first started getting paid to put...
Codeless: From idea to software
Something actually new? There's finally been a big leap forward in coding tech unlocked by AI -- not just "it's doing some work for me", but "we couldn't do this...
Wikipedia at 25: What the web can be
When Wikipedia launched 25 years ago today , I heard about it almost immediately, because the Internet was small back then, and I thought "Well... good luck to...
How to know if that job will crush your soul
Last week, we talked about one huge question, " How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? " That's pretty specific to this current moment,...
How Markdown took over the world
Nearly every bit of the high-tech world, from the most cutting-edge AI systems at the biggest companies, to the casual scraps of code cobbled together by...
500,000 tech workers have been laid off since ChatGPT was released
One of the key points I repeated when talking about the state of the tech industry yesterday was the salient fact that half a million tech workers have been...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026?
The number one question I get from my friends, acquaintances, and mentees in the technology industry these days is, by far, variations on the basic theme of,...
What about "Nothing about us without us?"
As I was drafting my last piece on Friday, " They have to be able to talk about us without us ", my thoughts of course went to one of the most famous slogans of...
They have to be able to talk about us without us
It's absolutely vital to be able to communicate effectively and efficiently to large groups of people. I've been lucky enough to get to refine and test my...
Vibe Coding: Empowering and Imprisoning
In case you haven't been following the world of software development closely, it's good to know that vibe coding -- using LLM tools to assist with writing code --...
I know you don't want them to want AI, but...
Today, Rodrigo Ghedrin wrote the very well-intentioned, but incorrectly-titled, " I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla ". As he correctly summarizes,...