Stratechery this week on the post-App era:
...ything digital." I'd add that today the only post-app UI is chat, but that with infinite software we could have any number of self-assembling UIs, with chat just one flavor.
Topic: infinite software
84 chunks · 44 episodes
3.1x burst in 2025 Q3
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- infinite software appears in 84 chunks across 44 episodes, from 2024-12-16 to 2026-10-12.
- Its densest episode is Bits and Bobs 9/29/25 (2025-09-29), with 5 observations on this topic.
- Semantically it travels with app model, magnitude cheaper, and sensitive data, while by chunk count it sits between mental model and Anthropic; its yearly rank moved from #153 in 2024 to #12 in 2026.
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I recorded a short interview with my friend Florian Maganza about Infinite Software.
I recorded a short interview with my friend Florian Maganza about Infinite Software.
We have 1/1000th or 1/1000000th the software we should have.
We have 1/1000th or 1/1000000th the software we should have. AI allows infinite software... but not if we put it in the same busted physics of trust we currently use.
LLMs have created the potential for Infinite Software.
LLMs have created the potential for Infinite Software. What's missing is the catalyst.
Today's tools top out at the MySpace of Infinite Software.
Today's tools top out at the MySpace of Infinite Software.
Vibe coding in today's physics of trust is a foothill, not the mountain.
Vibe coding in today's physics of trust is a foothill, not the mountain. Infinite software is the mountain, and it requires a new physics of trust. The same origin paradigm doesn't work as the distribution medium for infinite software.
Why does engagement-maxxing seem to be the inevitable goal of any cloud product?
...expensive to grow yourself, so you had to go to someone else's turf to benefit. Infinite software will change that.
Even in a world of infinite software, you still have to get people to collaborate within the same silo.
Even in a world of infinite software, you still have to get people to collaborate within the same silo. If they're not in the same silo, they can't collaborate. Getting people to coordin...
If you believe in infinite RSI, then the future is a never-ending Red Queen race.
...this would run it 1000x times hotter. I prefer to figure out prosocial ways for infinite software to help humanity thrive.
This week in the Wild West Roundup:
...sn't always a safe assumption, and it will get less and less safe in a world of infinite software. CoreBreak: When the Model Never Runs: Agent Guardrail Bypasses.
In a world of infinite software, we can now have "mass bespoke" software.
In a world of infinite software, we can now have "mass bespoke" software.
Vibecoding has the promise of infinite software.
Vibecoding has the promise of infinite software. But not in today's physics of trust. If you make it so software isn't dangerous, then you can unlock the power of infinite software.
Infinite software won't look like software at all.
Infinite software won't look like software at all. The software will become so cheap to fade away into nothing. Just your data, come alive.
In a world of infinite software, will software creators be incentivized to make it for other users?
In a world of infinite software, will software creators be incentivized to make it for other users? Will savvy users creating software for themselves (and having it be shared with o...
Apple Pulls 'Anything' App in Growing Clampdown on Vibe Coding Apps.
...ing Clampdown on Vibe Coding Apps. The app distribution model is a poor fit for infinite software. See also: The Wrapper and the Code How Apple's vibe coding crackdown collides with software that doesn't hold still
Zeno's paradox of infinite software.
Zeno's paradox of infinite software. The first 80% is insanely fast to create. The last 20% to make it useful takes even longer than it used to. Fit and finish is hard to do with a squi...
Axios: AI vibe-coding apps leak sensitive data
... isn't malicious… or naive. That is no longer a good assumption in the world of infinite software.
Code is now cheap, but making software that actually works is still expensive.
...he details, the more you realize they aren't ready to ship. A Xeno's paradox of infinite software.
In a world of infinite software it won't even look like software.
In a world of infinite software it won't even look like software. It will be completely invisible. It won't look like anything at all.
A piece of software that it's hard to imagine a company making: Candy Crush, but it only works when you're offline.
...no sense; they might as well get the incremental use from online, too. Now with infinite software we can make our own software more easily.