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Read this korrent: A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot.
A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot.
Last stated 5 days ago
27 Sept 2026
JS
John Scalzi — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 10 months ago
18 Nov 2025
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Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-11-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Fully revealing a mystery-box show's central plot often disappoints viewers, flattening everything that happened before it. — tap to centre the map on it
Fully revealing a mystery-box show's central plot often disappoints viewers, flattening everything that happened before it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
DD
Daniel W. Drezner — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reviewers can tell the obviously good from the obviously bad, but there is a messy middle where they cannot tell at all. — tap to centre the map on it
Reviewers can tell the obviously good from the obviously bad, but there is a messy middle where they cannot tell at all.
Last stated 6 years ago
20 Jan 2021
JR
José Luis Ricón — holds since 2021-01-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Audit independence is a property of the surrounding system and its evidence flows, not an inherent property of the auditing model itself. — tap to centre the map on it
Audit independence is a property of the surrounding system and its evidence flows, not an inherent property of the auditing model itself.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 May 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear is a hardware execution problem, not a design problem, and the companies treating it as a design problem are mistaken. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear is a hardware execution problem, not a design problem, and the companies treating it as a design problem are mistaken.
Last stated 2 months ago
15 Aug 2026
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Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — 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 computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 2 years ago
17 Sept 2024
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Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it. — tap to centre the map on it
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
7 Sept 2026
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Lincoln Michel — holds since 2026-09-07 — 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 2 weeks ago
15 Sept 2026
CC
Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis. — tap to centre the map on it
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 9 years ago
22 Feb 2018
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Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A small performance gain is not worth the complexity added to achieve it, since complexity's costs compound rather than add. — tap to centre the map on it
A small performance gain is not worth the complexity added to achieve it, since complexity's costs compound rather than add.
Last stated 3 years ago
6 Dec 2023
RP
Rob Pike — holds since 2023-12-06 — tap for who they are
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A film's script and direction must be of a sufficient quality to support its complex plot.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds John Scalzi
Read this korrent →
Similar wording
A twist works best when it is discoverable on rewatch rather than achieved by directly misleading the audience.
Last stated 18 Nov 2025 · 10 months ago
Holds Nat Eliason
Similar wording
Fully revealing a mystery-box show's central plot often disappoints viewers, flattening everything that happened before it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Daniel W. Drezner
Similar wording
Reviewers can tell the obviously good from the obviously bad, but there is a messy middle where they cannot tell at all.
Last stated 20 Jan 2021 · 6 years ago
Holds José Luis Ricón
Same subject: design
Audit independence is a property of the surrounding system and its evidence flows, not an inherent property of the auditing model itself.
Last stated 26 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Rohit Krishnan
Same subject: design
Nuclear is a hardware execution problem, not a design problem, and the companies treating it as a design problem are mistaken.
Last stated 15 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Isaiah Taylor
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: ideas vs execution
A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck.
Last stated 17 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Alex Telford
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Scott Rao
Same subject: ideas vs execution
A loosely plotted, anarchic novel requires a correspondingly loose, unplanned writing process to produce it.
Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Lincoln Michel
Same subject: simplicity
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Last stated 15 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Chris Coyier
Same subject: simplicity
A good prototype should express a single idea or test a single hypothesis.
Last stated 22 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago
Holds Bennett Foddy
Same subject: simplicity
A small performance gain is not worth the complexity added to achieve it, since complexity's costs compound rather than add.
Last stated 6 Dec 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Rob Pike