Jack Dorsey developed a Bluetooth mesh messaging app named Bitchat using Goose, Block's AI code editing tool. He categorized the project as a weekend endeavor, releasing a beta version. Dorsey's innovative approach aimed to create a messaging platform without the need for typical identifiers like phone numbers or emails. The app, reminiscent of FireChat, enables devices to communicate directly. He quickly added features such as private messaging and channels after seeing rapid progress with Goose, which autonomously writes code and debugs errors. Bitchat is currently in beta testing and awaits approval for the App Store.
Dorsey has confirmed he used Goose, Block's AI coding assistant, to develop the project. "I'm always surprised at how much...just works."
Dorsey's original goal was to create a messaging app that would allow people to communicate without needing a phone number, email, or handle.
"It worked within a day," Dorsey wrote about Bitchat. "So I added private messages, channels and private channels the next day."
Dorsey wrote that coding now has a new language and compiler: "English and intelligence models."
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