THE FUTURE OF THE WEB IS THE HISTORY OF YOUTUBE

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Fifteen years ago, people making YouTube videos looked like hobbyists in an already crowded world of content. In hindsight, the world was actually short on video, waiting for tools that made creation easy. Software is at that same point now. Large language models let anyone with an idea build an app without writing code, turning small, niche ideas into real products. This shift opens the long tail of software that was never worth hiring a team to build. The people driving it will look less like engineers and more like creators who understand audiences and storytelling. The web is becoming more participatory again, powered by people who make things because they can, not because they have permission.