Michael Grinich@grinichApril 13, 2026
You should watch this *fantastic* talk by @grinich about the death of UI.
There are several talks worth of ideas packed into this succinct, clear exposition of UI (and computing) history.
Michael frames the moment we're in as a transition:
- old: software with static "user interfaces"
- new: software built to be "autonomous and collaborative"
It's very hard to see around this corner. Go listen to what Michael has to say.
Michael Grinich@grinichThe UI era is ending. 🪦
For 70 years we designed computer interfaces. Mainframe, CLI, GUI, Touch.
But with AI, the interface is disappearing. What will come next?
My talk from @mastra's conf this week:
And I'll hoist this out of the thread, in case you click here instead of there.
https://t.co/33bCj96VSq
@gobidash @grinich @mastra @medialab As you can imagine, I've been thinking a *lot* about what we were trying to do at Oblong, again lately.
We thought we could build the next operating system, working both from a new UI down and at the same time from a new network stack (multi-device, fundamentally networked) up.…
