Amjad Masad’s background is anything but ordinary. Born and raised in Jordan, his passion for programming was kindled at a young age, but access to resources was limited. Like many in his position, he had to overcome countless hurdles just to get the tools needed to code. His early struggles inspired a vision for a platform that would strip away the complexities of software development and offer it to the world, particularly to those who didn’t have easy access to formal education or cutting-edge technology.
The initial iteration of Replit came in 2009, when Masad—still working for Facebook at the time—released the project as a browser-based coding environment. It wasn’t meant to be revolutionary then; it was a tool designed to support educational platforms like Codecademy and
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