What even is an OS now?
A Fly.io engineer is leaving to build a phone for user-conjured AI applications.
The author is leaving Fly.io to work with Kurt on a new platform, arguing that AI lets non-programmers create personal applications in English. They say most future software will be built for one or two users from shared building blocks rather than bought from strangers. They contend modern operating-system isolation makes less sense in that world and say they are building a phone for it. Mainstream 2026 phones, they argue, were planned around 2023 assumptions of fixed-function apps from professional programmers.
- Author is leaving Fly.io to build a platform with Kurt.
- Argues users will conjure personal apps using English, not professional developers.
- Claims OS isolation matters less when most software shares one provenance.
- Says they are building a phone for malleable, single-user applications.
- Organizations
- Fly.io
From the original article
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Crazy as it sounds to say this, since it’s all anybody’s been able to talk about for over a year, but the impact of AI on computing hasn’t yet sunk in. Today I’m parting company with Fly. io to work with Kurt on a new project.
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