“People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.” [1982] More than 40 years later, Alan Kay’s quote still sounds as relevant as it gets – no wonder he is recognized as one of the most influential pioneers of our industry. As a matter of fact, over
At Replit, our mission is to empower the next billion software creators. Our users build software collaboratively with the power of AI, on any device, without spending a second on setup. We accomplished that by creating from the ground up a delightful developer experience. The
A recipe for Human-Computer symbiosis. When it comes to software development, this recipe has paid off successfully for many years. Programming languages and frameworks have been gradually abstracted away from the hardware, by means of designing more expressive abstractions and
AI is changing the game for software development. Large Language Models (LLMs) can now write substantial portions of code, provide assistance with debugging, explain functions step-by-step, and recommend system design – all features you can already experience today on Replit
Towards an Artificial Developer Intelligence. At Replit, we are rethinking from the ground up the developer experience, with AI as a first-class citizen of the development environment. To this end, we have been working daily to build an ADI – Artificial Developer Intelligence.
LLM + code => new scale of value creation We began exploring the idea of developing an ADI because of a simple but powerful empirical observation. Much like Programming Languages (PLs) have been the lingua franca of the computing era, they are also becoming a fundamental
Building the Replit ADI is the most ambitious project we have ever undertaken. In spite of the meteoric rise of LLMs, we are deeply aware of the many challenges they still entail (for instance, hallucinations). Our focus on code, though, allows us to lift the LLM input/output
A new meaning to REPL. This novel feedback loop sits at the core of the Replit ADI. We call it the “Reflect, Evaluate, Percolate and Learn” loop – a whole new meaning to REPL. The agentic behavior of our ADI won’t be limited by what recent LLMs can do, but will rather keep
A new quote for the Replit yearbook. Our company history, since 2016, is one of steady and tangible growth rather than of chasing the hype – it’s deeply rooted in our culture. We can see the road ahead that will lead us to ADI, and we are paving the way for it – line of code by
