I'm going to say something that would've gotten me laughed out of tech circles five years ago: you probably don't need to hire a developer for that internal tool you've been dreaming about. Replit AI has cracked the code—pun regrettably intended—on making actual software development accessible to people who think 'Git' is just a British insult.
If you've ever thought 'I wish I could just build this simple tool myself instead of explaining it to a developer,' Replit AI is genuinely transformative—it's the first platform that delivers on the promise of letting non-technical business people create real software. Skip it if you need enterprise security or already have development infrastructure, but for scrappy teams who need to move fast and test ideas cheaply, this is borderline magical.