The case for making your own apps
Summary
Casey Newton interviews Raycast co-founder Thomas Paul Mann about Glaze, an AI tool that generates custom Mac apps from plain English. The episode also features Ella Barfianos discussing the first major union strike over potential robot replacement at Hyundai. Mann explains how Glaze empowers users to build personalized software, contrasting the utility of visual apps against autonomous agents in the evolving productivity landscape.
Topics discussed
Intro: Glaze app preview and host banter
AI and jobs: Hyundai robot union strike
Guest intro: Thomas Paul Mann and Glaze
From Raycast to Glaze: Solving tool sprawl
The future of apps vs. AI agents
Building personalized apps and the Glaze contest
Market size and the shift to disposable software
Enterprise adoption and competition from AI models
Pricing, security, and platform safeguards
The SaaS apocalypse and changing work habits
Impact on engineering jobs and future predictions
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