Eric Simons

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semi-nonprofessional small wave surfer | men’s league hockey scrapper | producer and consumer of RIOT DIET

AI Is Collapsing Barriers, Letting Anyone Build Now
SocialApr 13, 2026

AI Is Collapsing Barriers, Letting Anyone Build Now

I didn't go to college in 2010. My parents weren't happy, and neither were Albert's when he made the same call a year later. But we had already learned to code. We were empowered to build without waiting for permission....

By Eric Simons
Discomfort Means You're Building, Not Following Consensus
SocialMar 20, 2026

Discomfort Means You're Building, Not Following Consensus

If you're a startup founder right now and competitors are raising more money, getting more headlines, and investors are questioning your strategy... Good. That means you're doing the job right. Bill Walsh has this quote. "How do you know if...

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Productivity Now Means Orchestrating AI, Not Coding Faster
SocialMar 17, 2026

Productivity Now Means Orchestrating AI, Not Coding Faster

We measure productivity wrong. Lines of code written, tickets closed, hours logged, typing speed. All metrics built for a world where humans do the work themselves. That world is ending. When everyone on your team has an agentic workforce of...

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Claude 3.5 Unlocks AI‑Powered Code at SXSW
SocialMar 16, 2026

Claude 3.5 Unlocks AI‑Powered Code at SXSW

Seven years of building something almost no one understood. Then one night on Twitter , everything changed. I'm heading to SXSW 2026 to share the real story, the near-shutdown, the overnight virality, and what we've learned building bolt.new at the...

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Empower, Don’t Cut: Boost Productivity 5‑10x with Tools
SocialMar 13, 2026

Empower, Don’t Cut: Boost Productivity 5‑10x with Tools

If you can increase the output of every employee by 5-10x, you can compete way more fiercely than you could before. And you have to assume your direct competitors are about to see that same transition. So is the right...

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Fortune 500 Teams Adopt Bolt for Real‑World AI Coding
SocialMar 9, 2026

Fortune 500 Teams Adopt Bolt for Real‑World AI Coding

A year ago we were making the case that enterprises needed different AI coding tools. We don't have to make that case anymore. They tried the consumer tools, sent the output to engineering, and got rejected every time. The tools...

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Hire Globally, Not Locally, When AI Agents Replace Teams
SocialMar 3, 2026

Hire Globally, Not Locally, When AI Agents Replace Teams

Every company I talk to says that agents are the future. AGI is here. One person with AI will beat entire teams. Then they force everyone back to the office. You can't have it both ways. If you genuinely believe...

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AI Exposes Fake Work; Bolt Eliminates Prototyping Waste
SocialFeb 6, 2026

AI Exposes Fake Work; Bolt Eliminates Prototyping Waste

You don't realize how much "fake work" you're doing until AI eliminates it. Fake work is all the friction we accepted as necessary just to get the job done. For years, writing strict syntax wasn't the actual engineering. It was...

By Eric Simons