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No Priors Ep. 92 | With StackBlitz CEO and Co-Founder Eric Simons

In this episode of No Priors, Sarah talks with Eric Simons, co-founder and CEO of StackBlitz. The company has experienced explosive growth since the launch 2 months ago of Bolt.new, an AI application that lets users prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack applications directly in the browser. Eric talks about the years-long journey that led to overnight success, why so many non-technical users are forming a community around Bolt, and the democratization of coding. Sign up for new podcasts every week. Email feedback to show@no-priors.com Follow us on Twitter: @NoPriorsPod | @Saranormous | @EladGil | @EricSimons40 Show Notes 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Bolt.new 2:04 How Bolt stands out from other coding assistants 3:28 Building beyond ChatGPT wrappers 6:13 Driving growth through community 9:42 Evals 13:29 Eric’s favorite use cases and startups leveraging Bolt 17:10 Why engineers are embracing no-code tools 24:32 The years long journey of StackBlitz 31:50 Balancing an Ironman, a newborn, and a product launch 35:18 Predictions for developers and code generation tools

Sarah GuohostEric Simonsguest
Dec 6, 202438mWatch on YouTube ↗

CHAPTERS

  1. 0:00 – 0:36

    Introduction

  2. 2:04 – 3:28

    How Bolt stands out from other coding assistants

  3. 3:28 – 6:13

    Building beyond ChatGPT wrappers

  4. 6:13 – 9:42

    Driving growth through community

  5. 13:29 – 17:10

    Eric’s favorite use cases and startups leveraging Bolt

  6. 17:10 – 24:32

    Why engineers are embracing no-code tools

  7. 24:32 – 31:50

    The years long journey of StackBlitz

  8. 31:50 – 35:18

    Balancing an Ironman, a newborn, and a product launch

  9. 35:18 – 38:04

    Predictions for developers and code generation tools

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