alt Hacker NewsWhy would either of them do either of those? They seem to be different businesses.
Network effects make it harder for Cloudflare to build Replit than it might seem, too.
Why would either of them do either of those? They seem to be different businesses.
Network effects make it harder for Cloudflare to build Replit than it might seem, too.
What network effects?
And the reason for Cloudflare to do it is because there are several (apparently) very juicy businesses to be built by slapping a chat UI and off the shelf coding agent on top of Cloudflare infra... Not saying they should do this, but the rationale is pretty self-evident.
The reason for Replit to try going down the stack is platform risk and compressing margins from competitors who also have the brilliant idea of slapping a text box and off the shelf coding agents onto Cloudflare.