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- 2 days ago14 min
A big week for AI denialism
In the wake of OpenAI’s cyberattack against Hugging Face, few seem ready to acknowledge the implications. Read the newsletter here: https://www.platformer.news/a-big-week-for-ai-denialism/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- 1 weeks agoconversational1h 6m6-min read
The case for making your own apps
Glaze, a new AI-powered tool from Raycast founder Thomas Paul Mann, lets anyone create custom Mac apps using plain English, enabling hyper-personalized software that challenges the traditional SaaS model. The conversation explores how AI is reshaping productivity, the future of apps versus agents, and the cultural shift toward user-built tools.
- 2 weeks agointerview1h 8m6-min read
He tried 200 to-do apps so you don't have to
Despite the hype, most AI productivity tools today offer marginal gains, and the real advantage lies in simplicity, a single source of truth, and offloading tedious tasks—not letting AI run your life. David Pierce argues that staying curious and using AI as a tool, not a replacement, is the sustainable path forward.
- 3 weeks agosolo13 min5-min read
Vibe coding has escaped the terminal
Casey Newton explores Raycast's Glaze, a new 'vibe coding' tool that enables non-technical users to build personalized Mac apps with AI assistance, resulting in both whimsical and practical tools like a Nightwing-themed to-do app and a custom Platformer research assistant. While the apps vary in utility, the ease and speed of development signal a shift toward hyper-personalized, user-built software, further underscored by global regulatory shifts around AI access and open models.
- Jun 24, 2026interview1h 2m5-min read
Why Amazon is hiring 11,000 junior employees
Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, argues that replacing junior workers with AI is one of the 'dumbest things' he's ever heard, emphasizing that early-career employees are vital for innovation and cultural continuity. Yet, Amazon has cut 30,000 corporate jobs amid AI-driven efficiency gains and organizational restructuring, raising questions about the tension between AI optimism and workforce reduction.
- Jun 17, 2026conversational1h 24m7-min read
Why this founder isn't hiring junior employees anymore
In a live episode from Atlassian headquarters, Casey Newton hosts a discussion on AI's impact on jobs and the future of work, featuring insights from Ella Marchianos on emerging AI job titles, Tamar Yehoshua on enterprise AI integration, and Eugenia Kuyda on democratizing app creation through AI. The conversation explores how AI is reshaping roles, workflows, and software development, with candid reflections on job displacement, the changing nature of software, and the cultural shift toward AI as both tool and companion.
- Jun 10, 2026interview1h 8m5-min read
How to help people who lose their jobs to AI
Economist Molly Kinder warns that AI-driven job disruption will hit white-collar knowledge workers first, creating a politically explosive 'messy middle' period of concentrated job losses that could destabilize the American dream. Unlike Silicon Valley's either/or narratives of no impact or full automation, she argues we must prepare now for a prolonged transition where retraining and UBI alone won't suffice.
- Jun 3, 20261h 10m
A labor economist explains why AI won't take your job
In the fourth episode of the Platformer podcast, labor economist Kathryn Anne Edwards makes the case that the AI jobs panic is overblown — and that the real threat to workers isn't the technology, but a government that refuses to fix the social safety net. She also flatly rejects Sam Altman's vision of a permanently unemployed "idle class," which she calls not just wrong but classist.Platformer's Casey Newton talks to the Bloomberg Opinion columnist and co-host of the Optimist Economy podcast about why economists can't — and shouldn't bother to — pin down exactly how many jobs AI will destroy, whether the recent wave of AI-blamed layoffs is real or just "AI-washing," what's actually squeezing entry-level workers, what she tells new grads who can't find a first job, why writing everyone a UBI check isn't a panacea, and whether Washington will ever build the safety net we already know how to build. Edwards also explains why the closest thing we've seen to an "AI rapture" already happened — in the spring of 2020, when half of the leisure and hospitality industry lost their jobs in three weeks — and how the economy managed to claw its way back.Plus, Platformer fellow Ella Markianos joins at the top of the show to discuss the chipmakers handing out massive bonuses, as workers at Samsung and TSMC win a bigger share of the AI boom.Who else should we have on this show? Let us know at casey@platformer.news.Sponsored by Atlassian Rovo | Become an AI-native team with Rovo. https://www.atlassian.com/rovo Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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