In Media

The New York Times

Code Is Free Speech. Seriously.

Paul Ford • July 13, 2026

We won’t get the A.I. regulation we deserve until we change how we think about the right to code.

Ben Hickey

Paul Ford's Writing:

The New York Times

This Is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies

Paul Ford • April 26, 2026

AI was never meant to replace humans, it was supposed to be an add on. It's down to how the tool is being used. Not the tool itself.

Tamara Porras / New York Times

The New York Times

The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived

Paul Ford • February 18, 2026

We're entering a new renaissance of software development. We should all be excited, despite the uncertainties that lie ahead.

WIRED

The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down

Paul Ford • October 27, 2025

Ftrain

Ftrain – Paul’s Personal Blog

You can always read Paul’s thoughts on tech and a whole lot of other stuff on his personal blog, Ftrain, which he’s been writing on for one thousand years.

Podcast Appearances:

The Atlantic

How AI Is Changing Code – Paul Ford with Nicholas Thompson

June 10, 2026

Nicholas Thompson, CEO of The Atlantic, sits down with Paul Ford to discuss how AI has changed software.

Design Better Podcast

Paul Ford on why everything is changing (but not how you think)

June 3, 2026

Hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter chat with Paul about the strange paradox of AI that makes ideation blindingly fast but leaves the hard work of product thinking as slow as it ever was.

Channels with Peter Kafka

AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford

April 29, 2026

By now you’ve probably heard of “vibe coding”: creating software from scratch by prompting AI to generate the source code for you, instead of writing it...

Future Around & Find Out

“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Software!” Paul Ford on AI and the Asterisk*

April 21, 2026

In Media

Code Is Free Speech. Seriously.

Paul Ford's Writing:

This Is How We Get Moral A.I. Companies

The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived

The Argument for Letting AI Burn It All Down

Ftrain – Paul’s Personal Blog

What is Code?

Podcast Appearances:

How AI Is Changing Code – Paul Ford with Nicholas Thompson

Paul Ford on why everything is changing (but not how you think)

AI Can Make Software Now. That Changes Everything, with Paul Ford

“I Can’t Believe It’s Not Software!” Paul Ford on AI and the Asterisk*

The future of code is exciting and terrifying

A.I. Is a Hyperobject

Anthropic’s Newest Model Blew This Founder’s Mind — And Made Him Uncomfortable

Retro Tech, New AI, and the Blackmailing Bot — With Paul Ford

Is the AI Bubble About to Pop?

Paul Ford Eases Steve’s Real Panic About Artificial Intelligence

How to Fix AI with Paul Ford