过去一年是我人生中最具挑战性的时期，但也最富回报。我与世界上最聪明、最有动力的人共事，发现了许多关于自己的新事物，帮助数万人实现创造和建设。以使命为导向不仅关乎金钱，更关乎对真实人类的影响。我们正站在创造力完全民主化的边缘。过去需要通过教科书学习Python，现在任何人都可以在5分钟内通过构建一个工作应用程序来学习。这是人类历史上最令人兴奋的时刻之一，我的工作很简单：向人们展示他们能做什么，而现在他们能做的事比9个月前更多。我观察了人们在学校、运动、健身、事业上的成功与失败，成功的人并不是追逐金钱或统计数据。我要说的与‘算法’和互联网上看到的东西相悖，但这是现实：早上5点或晚上10点没有钱。当你独自面对屏幕或需要做一些非常不体面的工作时，没有钱。当你身处陌生的地方或尝试并反复失败时，没有钱。当事情不公平、生活糟糕或你感觉自己像受害者时，没有钱。但金钱不是重点。创造、激励和成长才是重点。如果你在没有人告诉你的时候找不到内心的动力去奋斗，如果你不能仅仅因为在乎而提升自己1%，那么你很可能无法到达有金钱的那部分。

💡创造力的民主化：过去需要通过教科书学习Python，现在任何人都可以在5分钟内通过构建一个工作应用程序来学习。这标志着创造力工具的普及，让更多人能够轻松参与创造和建设。

🌟使命驱动：以使命为导向不仅关乎金钱，更关乎对真实人类的影响。与世界上最聪明、最有动力的人共事，帮助他们实现创造和建设，这带来了巨大的精神回报。

🚀个人成长：过去一年，我发现了许多关于自己的新事物，帮助数万人实现创造和建设。这需要持续的努力和自我提升，只有那些在没有人监督时也能坚持奋斗的人才能成功。

🌈影响力：我的工作很简单：向人们展示他们能做什么。现在人们能做的事比9个月前更多，这得益于创造力和技术的普及。通过教育和激励，我们可以帮助更多人实现他们的潜力。

🙏感谢与支持：最重要的是感谢用户和支持者，没有他们，产品不会是现在这样。他们的支持让我的工作变得有趣，也激励我们继续改进生活通过软件。

The past year has been the most challenging of my life. It's also been the most rewarding.

Rewarding because I've worked with the brightest, most driven people in the world.

Rewarding because I've learned things about myself I never knew.

Rewarding because I've helped tens of thousands realize they can CREATE and BUILD.

Being mission-driven is about more than money. It's about impact on real-life human beings.

We are on the precipice of the COMPLETE AND TOTAL democratization of creativity.

I learned Python with a textbook. That is now a thing of the past. Anyone can learn by building a working application in 5 minutes.

This is the MOST EXCITING TIME in humanity to be an educator. My job is simple: show people what they can do. And they can do infinitely more now than 9 months ago.

I've watched people succeed and fail my entire life: school, sports, fitness, career. The ones who succeed weren't chasing dollars or stats.

What I'm about to say contradicts 'the algorithm' and what you see on the internet, but it is reality:

There are no dollars at 5am or 10pm. There are no dollars when it's you and a screen. Or when you need to do some very unsexy work.

No dollars when you're alone somewhere new. No dollars when you're trying and repeatedly failing.

No dollars when things are unfair, life sucks, or you feel like a victim.

But dollars aren't the point.

Creating, motivating, and growing is the point.

And if you can't find it in yourself to grind when no one is telling you to...

If you can't pick yourself up and get 1% better SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU CARE...

It's unlikely you'll make it to the part where there are dollars.

I work with exceptional builders.

I might seem busy because I'm always yapping, but they actually ship product. I just spread the word.

Hats off to the outstanding engineers, designers, operators, & leaders who built Replit.

Hats off to those grinding when no one was looking—few see all the work.

Hats off to everyone who got us where we are today.

Most importantly, thank you to our users and supporters. The product wouldn't be the same without you. You make my job fun.

The mission is to improve lives through software. It's been inspiring to watch it come to life.

I can't wait to see where it goes next. 🧡