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Read this korrent: A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation.
A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation.
Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI agents can maintain kid-friendly interactive documentation that explains how game code works. — tap to centre the map on it
AI agents can maintain kid-friendly interactive documentation that explains how game code works.
Last stated a week ago
13 Oct 2026
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Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated technical documentation is optimized for completing a sentence rather than for being understood by a human reader. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated technical documentation is optimized for completing a sentence rather than for being understood by a human reader.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject. — tap to centre the map on it
Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject.
Last stated 8 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Documentation should be written for AI coding agents to understand and modify software, not only for humans. — tap to centre the map on it
Documentation should be written for AI coding agents to understand and modify software, not only for humans.
Last stated 3 months ago
22 Jul 2026
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Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Examples in documentation should be compiled and run as tests, so that changing the code breaks the docs instead of quietly outdating them. — tap to centre the map on it
Examples in documentation should be compiled and run as tests, so that changing the code breaks the docs instead of quietly outdating them.
Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Good documentation is produced by effort, not by tooling that keeps code and docs together — tap to centre the map on it
Good documentation is produced by effort, not by tooling that keeps code and docs together
Last stated 9 months ago
18 Jan 2026
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Hamel Husain — holds since 2026-01-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: If you will write a huge markdown file so an agent has context, you should have written the documentation that gives a human the same context. — tap to centre the map on it
If you will write a huge markdown file so an agent has context, you should have written the documentation that gives a human the same context.
Last stated 5 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Letting customers pin old runtime versions would undo part of the promise of serverless: that developers should not have to worry about updating their stack. — tap to centre the map on it
Letting customers pin old runtime versions would undo part of the promise of serverless: that developers should not have to worry about updating their stack.
Last stated 5 years ago
19 Oct 2021
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2021-10-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face. — tap to centre the map on it
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
24 Sept 2026
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M.G. Siegler — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart. — tap to centre the map on it
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated a month ago
9 Sept 2026
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Ed Bayes — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do. — tap to centre the map on it
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated a year ago
12 May 2025
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Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated a month ago
15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it
A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically.
Last stated 28 years ago
1 Mar 1999
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Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A product's craft probably comes down to whether it works without pain and how it makes people feel. — tap to centre the map on it
A product's craft probably comes down to whether it works without pain and how it makes people feel.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
RS
Robby Stein — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A shadow in an interface implies a light source, so an elevated element needs a highlight where the light falls, not just a drop shadow. — tap to centre the map on it
A shadow in an interface implies a light source, so an elevated element needs a highlight where the light falls, not just a drop shadow.
Last stated 2 years ago
21 Feb 2025
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Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience. — tap to centre the map on it
A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience.
Last stated 11 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
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A design proposal should describe the feature as though it already existed — once as a tutorial and once as reference documentation.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Alice Ryhl
Read this korrent →
Same subject: documentation
AI agents can maintain kid-friendly interactive documentation that explains how game code works.
Last stated 13 Oct 2026 · a week ago
Holds Armin Ronacher
Same subject: documentation
AI-generated technical documentation is optimized for completing a sentence rather than for being understood by a human reader.
Last stated 12 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Vicki Boykis
Same subject: documentation
Do not run a personal agent on a cheap or local model: weak models are gullible and easy to prompt-inject.
Last stated 12 Feb 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: documentation
Documentation should be written for AI coding agents to understand and modify software, not only for humans.
Last stated 22 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Salvatore Sanfilippo
Same subject: documentation
Examples in documentation should be compiled and run as tests, so that changing the code breaks the docs instead of quietly outdating them.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Alice Ryhl
Same subject: documentation
Good documentation is produced by effort, not by tooling that keeps code and docs together
Last stated 18 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Hamel Husain
Same subject: documentation
If you will write a huge markdown file so an agent has context, you should have written the documentation that gives a human the same context.
Last stated 3 Jun 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Kelsey Hightower
Same subject: documentation
Letting customers pin old runtime versions would undo part of the promise of serverless: that developers should not have to worry about updating their stack.
Last stated 19 Oct 2021 · 5 years ago
Holds Kenton Varda
Same subject: design
A $1,299, 100-gram pair of slip-on glasses seems far more enticing than a $3,699, 700-gram headset strapped to the face.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds M.G. Siegler
Same subject: design
A baby-step version of eval-driven design is to sketch out 10 to 20 hero flows and run the feature or interaction through them to see where it falls apart.
Last stated 9 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ed Bayes
Same subject: design
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Last stated 12 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Julie Zhuo
Same subject: simplicity
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: simplicity
A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically.
Last stated 1 Mar 1999 · 28 years ago
Holds Edsger W. Dijkstra
Same subject: simplicity
A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Charlie Deets
Same subject: taste
A product's craft probably comes down to whether it works without pain and how it makes people feel.
Last stated 10 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Robby Stein
Same subject: taste
A shadow in an interface implies a light source, so an elevated element needs a highlight where the light falls, not just a drop shadow.
Last stated 21 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds Thiago Costa
Same subject: taste
A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience.
Last stated 18 Nov 2025 · 11 months ago
Holds Nat Eliason