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Internal tools may not need a UI, just chat and an agent
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SpaceXSI's @mattyp says "UI is dead," and the next generation of internal tools won't need a UI: "UI is dead. I just gotta throw out the hot takes. In all seriousness, I build UIs every day. But a surprising number of things that I thought I needed a UI for, I really didn’t." "There was low code, then vibe coding internal tools. There’s this next phase of internal tooling that is just chat, just an agent." "Software is really just a UI, a back end, and a data source. If the agent acts as the…
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FULL INTERVIEW: SpaceXSI's @mattyp says agents now build in an instant what used to take him a whole weekend. He still doesn't think software engineers will ever go away, because the "model doesn't really have empathy for people." @mattyp works on @bot at @spacexai. He joined @theojaffee to break down why chat might replace most apps, how Grok Bot keeps your passwords hidden from the bot itself, and what agents still can't do: 00:56 why have multiple Grok Bots instead of one 03:52 why chat might be the only UI you need 06:31 why chat is just the first form factor for agents 07:43 how Grok Bot handles security 09:22 the Gmail alerts from a VM in Korea 10:27 treat your agent like a new hire 11:23 the cantaloupe problem with AI memory 13:45 why software engineers won't go away 15:07 where models still fall short 17:49 how SpaceXSI uses Grok Bot internally 19:33 working for @elonmusk after Cursor 21:05 what comes after the IDE
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