{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Next New Thing","title":"AI made a “no code” guy into a coder","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/b41e1cdd\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3250,"description":" 🎧 Highlights:\n[00:00:00] From Makerpad to Factory — Ben Tossell’s journey\n[00:01:33] Life after acquisition and redefining work\n[00:05:06] Why AI might make things harder, not easier\n[00:07:30] No-code lessons and the illusion of simplicity\n[00:10:42] From teaching no-code to debugging workflows\n[00:12:00] Learning to code with AI as your translator\n[00:15:09] Curiosity as the new technical skill\n[00:16:21] Building a “source of truth” AI system inside Factory\n[00:23:42] How Ben uses AI to search across code, docs, and tickets\n[00:27:36] Teaching AI to follow his workflow\n[00:30:27] Getting comfortable with the command line\n[00:33:45] The first time AI made him feel like a real builder\n[00:35:42] Makerpad’s growth, Slack community, and hiring from within\n[00:41:24] Newsletter growth hacks and lessons from Ben’s Bites\n[00:46:03] Selling Makerpad and rediscovering purpose\n[00:49:39] Investing through Ben’s Bites Fund\n[00:50:33] Returning to his roots: teaching, learning, and building again\n[00:53:18] The one-person billion-dollar company — myth or movement? \nIn this episode, Andrew Warner talks with Ben Tossell, creator of Makerpad — the #1 community for no-code builders, which he later sold to Zapier. Now at Factory, Ben is helping developers build with AI instead of code — and rethinking what “technical” even means.\nBen opens up about the post-acquisition burnout that came after his sale, why he avoided starting another company, and how AI has reignited his creativity. Together, they explore what it means to go from no-code to “AI-native,” and why the dream of one-person billion-dollar companies might be closer than it sounds.\n👉 Join us: https://thenextnewthing.ai/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/NyHHieTlmHDUHZCr0-GqsmgcxwwW_QdWcFQKUIrpKnI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZGY1/YWFlNGYzMTA0ZWY1/ZmRlNGY0NDIxMjA0/ZDQyYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}