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Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: A codebase is the most important context an AI agent has, and letting many different models add to it without consistent patterns leads to trouble. A codebase is the most important contextan AI agent has, and letting manydifferent models add to it withoutconsistent patterns leads to trouble. Last stated yesterday 3 Nov 2026 DB Derek Briggs — holds since 2026-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Context is the most important part of an AI coding agent. — tap to centre the map on it Context is the most important partof an AI coding agent. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Mar 2024 QS Quinn Slack — holds since 2024-03-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models. — tap to centre the map on it What limits you with coding agentsis your own skill at stringing themtogether, not the capability of themodels. Last stated 8 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maintaining a duplicate set of prototype code is no burden for an agent; agents are incredibly good translators between code conventions. — tap to centre the map on it Maintaining a duplicate set ofprototype code is no burden for anagent; agents are incredibly goodtranslators between codeconventions. Last stated 3 months ago 18 Aug 2026 PM Patrick Morgan — holds since 2026-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody in the coding-agent market is using AI so much better than everyone else that their competitors cannot keep up — the gap you would expect to see simply is not there. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody in the coding-agent market isusing AI so much better thaneveryone else that their competitorscannot keep up — the gap you wouldexpect to see simply is not there. Last stated 5 months ago 27 May 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-05-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The biggest source of confusion about whether AI models are good or bad is that people judge them from wildly different codebases, languages, teams, and usage levels. — tap to centre the map on it The biggest source of confusionabout whether AI models are good orbad is that people judge them fromwildly different codebases,languages, teams, and usage levels. Last stated a month ago 1 Oct 2026 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-10-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Developers who adopt AI coding agents eventually become managers of those agents rather than hands-on coders. — tap to centre the map on it Developers who adopt AI codingagents eventually become managers ofthose agents rather than hands-oncoders. Last stated 5 months ago 17 Jun 2026 ES Elio Struyf — holds since 2026-06-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The real value of AI coding agents is in the code a developer would never have written themselves, not just what they generate for you. — tap to centre the map on it The real value of AI coding agentsis in the code a developer wouldnever have written themselves, notjust what they generate for you. Last stated 9 months ago 13 Feb 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Keeping a codebase clean now pays off directly rather than aesthetically, because a coding agent will copy the patterns already in it almost exactly. — tap to centre the map on it Keeping a codebase clean now paysoff directly rather thanaesthetically, because a codingagent will copy the patterns alreadyin it almost exactly. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Mar 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: A strong manual coding background helps developers spot algorithmic weaknesses and flaws in generated code. — tap to centre the map on it A strong manual coding backgroundhelps developers spot algorithmicweaknesses and flaws in generatedcode. Last stated 3 weeks ago 15 Oct 2026 AT Adam Tornhill — holds since 2026-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agentic AI is becoming almost as big a CPU story as a GPU story. — tap to centre the map on it Agentic AI is becoming almost as biga CPU story as a GPU story. Last stated 6 months ago 24 Apr 2026 AJ Andy Jassy — holds since 2026-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code should be treated as untrusted until there is evidence it preserves the intended behavior. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code should be treatedas untrusted until there is evidenceit preserves the intended behavior. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Aug 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Hire smart people and get out of their way" is bad management advice; leaders should stay closely involved, building trust and working through hard problems with their people to create alignment. — tap to centre the map on it "Hire smart people and get out oftheir way" is bad management advice;leaders should stay closelyinvolved, building trust and workingthrough hard problems with theirpeople to create alignment. Last stated 4 weeks ago 9 Oct 2026 CR Carl Rivera — holds since 2026-10-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company that uses an algorithm to nudge customers into behavior that isn't good for them is doing something bad. — tap to centre the map on it A company that uses an algorithm tonudge customers into behavior thatisn't good for them is doingsomething bad. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 MM Mr. Money Mustache — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI writes code well only where a million repositories have already written it; getting it to do something genuinely new remains notoriously hard. — tap to centre the map on it AI writes code well only where amillion repositories have alreadywritten it; getting it to dosomething genuinely new remainsnotoriously hard. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-written code makes formal proof necessary, because human review of all that generated code becomes the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it AI-written code makes formal proofnecessary, because human review ofall that generated code becomes thebottleneck. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Apr 2026 MK Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst at exactlythe thing an AI research explosionwould need: code that has never beenwritten before. Last stated a year ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
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At the centre A codebase is the most important context an AI agent has, and letting many different models add to it without consistent patterns leads to trouble. Last stated 3 Nov 2026 · yesterday Holds Derek Briggs Read this korrent →