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primitivesuavelast Thursday at 6:36 PM4 repliesview on HN

Public opinion on Amjad shifted quite a bit in 2021 when he threatened to sue a former intern for his open-source project.

https://intuitiveexplanations.com/tech/replit/


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siltcakesyesterday at 1:44 AM

My opinion on him shifted because along with Paul Graham, they're the only tech leaders who have stood up for Palestinians. I don't agree with Graham on everything either, but I've gained a lot of respect for him speaking out against Zionism. They're rich, but it still is difficult to go against the entire venture capital industry to do the right thing.

bitbasheryesterday at 12:06 AM

This was the first thing I remembered about Amjad. I have never thought highly of him since.

laweijfmvoyesterday at 7:33 PM

Definitely was the end of Replit for me. I have that open source project (Riju) bookmarked though and use it from time to time.