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After nine years of grinding, Replit found its market. Can it keep it?

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56 points toomanyrichies | 4 comments | 05 Oct 25 23:02 UTC | HN request time: 1.05s | source
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rsp1984 ◴[10 Oct 25 09:55 UTC] No.45537047[source]▶
Let's not forget this gem here [1].

Tells you everything you need to know about the company and its leadership.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27424195

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1. jeswin ◴[10 Oct 25 10:16 UTC] No.45537168[source]▶
He threatened the ex-intern by saying they have "a lot of money to pay for top lawyers" (goodness!), the incident gathered a lot of attention, got caught, and was forced to say sorry.

Replit is in the news because of the Vercel fiasco. And it's jarring because of how they've tried to take advantage of that situation.

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2. redwood ◴[10 Oct 25 10:57 UTC] No.45537414[source]▶
Vercel fiasco?
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3. dabeeeenster ◴[10 Oct 25 11:23 UTC] No.45537616[source]▶
The CEO thought it a good idea to take a beaming selfie with Netenyahu and then post it to X
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4. redwood ◴[10 Oct 25 12:19 UTC] No.45538122{3}[source]▶
Got it. I was going to say it sounds like less than a fiasco but I see this is in context of someone criticizing the Replit CEO for a specific action so now I get it. Apologies for being dense. It's a reminder that people leading companies are just people. And if we have a purity test on everyone we better be prepared to have a purity test on ourselves. And not just in our own eyes but in the eyes of everyone else. And that's where it quickly falls apart.