(2025-06-11) Dash Its Time For Something New

Anil Dash: It's Time for Something New. After nine years, most recently at Fastly and before that at Glitch (and Fog Creek), I am very soon (finally!) going to be taking some time off from working to catch my breath and clear my mind and focus on the new Mario Kart. And, you know, spend time my family and friends and all that good stuff.

How can I be of service? What's the most important work to focus on next?

As a creator and a person who loves media and culture, I see huge potential in writers and coders and artists and musicians and video makers seizing even more of the power of owning their own work, and connecting directly with their own communities. It’s easy to imagine newer models evolving, of the power balance shifting again, and entire new platforms and industries arising from a generation of fans who’ve grown up fighting for the artists they care about.

In the world of policy and power, we’ve seen a collapse of the hard laws and soft norms that were holding everything together — in no small part due to big-tech tycoons working to dismantle social infrastructure and civil society.

Every meaningful thing I’ve done in my career has been in community with all of the smart and generous people who I’m fortunate to have around me. I expect the same will be true again. I'd love to hear from friends, and those whom I haven't met yet, about what problems need to be solved.