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Read this korrent: A platform cannot tell developers what technology to use; its only job is to help them succeed with whatever they have already chosen.
A platform cannot tell developers what technology to use; its only job is to help them succeed with whatever they have already chosen.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Aug 2026
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Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want. — tap to centre the map on it
The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Feb 2024
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Ted Gioia — holds since 2024-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse. — tap to centre the map on it
Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse.
Last stated 2 days ago
6 Sept 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned. — tap to centre the map on it
A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it
The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour.
Last stated 3 months ago
3 Jun 2026
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Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI is an important technology but is not yet a platform, because nothing has been opened up for other apps, experiences and developers to be built on. — tap to centre the map on it
AI is an important technology but is not yet a platform, because nothing has been opened up for other apps, experiences and developers to be built on.
Last stated 3 months ago
14 Jun 2026
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Mark Pincus — holds since 2026-06-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Distribution, not product-market fit, is the hard part of consumer technology, and almost nobody spends enough time on it. — tap to centre the map on it
Distribution, not product-market fit, is the hard part of consumer technology, and almost nobody spends enough time on it.
Last stated 4 months ago
26 Apr 2026
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Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most mathematics will never be useful to a developer; what pays is knowing what mathematics exists so you can find the part that is. — tap to centre the map on it
Most mathematics will never be useful to a developer; what pays is knowing what mathematics exists so you can find the part that is.
Last stated a month ago
29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most of the tech tree will never be explored by anyone at all, which is exactly why the choice of which direction to explore matters so much. — tap to centre the map on it
Most of the tech tree will never be explored by anyone at all, which is exactly why the choice of which direction to explore matters so much.
Last stated 5 months ago
7 Apr 2026
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Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society. — tap to centre the map on it
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 3 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain. — tap to centre the map on it
Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Last stated 9 years ago
5 Apr 2017
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Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it. — tap to centre the map on it
An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated a year ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. — tap to centre the map on it
A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down.
Last stated 5 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Last stated 5 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable. — tap to centre the map on it
A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable.
Last stated 4 weeks ago
14 Aug 2026
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Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year. — tap to centre the map on it
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Last stated 5 days ago
3 Sept 2026
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Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces. — tap to centre the map on it
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 6 days ago
2 Sept 2026
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Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares. — tap to centre the map on it
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Last stated 4 months ago
10 May 2026
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Eric Ries — holds since 2026-05-10 — tap for who they are
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A platform cannot tell developers what technology to use; its only job is to help them succeed with whatever they have already chosen.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds AO Addy Osmani
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The technology platforms are not patrons of culture: their aim is addiction, because an addicted audience is the customer they want.
Last stated 18 Feb 2024 · 3 years ago
Holds TG Ted Gioia
Similar wording
Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse.
Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago
Holds Ben Vinegar
Similar wording
A platform of creators and developers is a durable moat, because an ecosystem, unlike a feature, cannot be cloned.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ES Evan Spiegel
Similar wording
The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour.
Last stated 3 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
Similar wording
AI is an important technology but is not yet a platform, because nothing has been opened up for other apps, experiences and developers to be built on.
Last stated 14 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds MP Mark Pincus
Similar wording
Distribution, not product-market fit, is the hard part of consumer technology, and almost nobody spends enough time on it.
Last stated 26 Apr 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ES Evan Spiegel
Similar wording
Most mathematics will never be useful to a developer; what pays is knowing what mathematics exists so you can find the part that is.
Last stated 29 Jul 2026 · a month ago
Holds HW Hillel Wayne
Similar wording
Most of the tech tree will never be explored by anyone at all, which is exactly why the choice of which direction to explore matters so much.
Last stated 7 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds MN Michael Nielsen
Same subject: Addiction
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Last stated 7 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds TF Tony Fadell
Same subject: Addiction
Addiction is neither a choice nor an inherited disease, but a response to pain: the question is not why the addiction, but why the pain.
Last stated 5 Apr 2017 · 9 years ago
Holds GM Gabor Mate
Same subject: Addiction
An addiction is not ended by finding something better to put in its place; you do not stop a problem by replacing it.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · a year ago
Holds TH ThePrimeagen
Same subject: coding agents
A coding agent does not learn from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
Same subject: coding agents
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: coding agents
A machine can complete the task and completely miss the job -- coding makes this easy to see precisely because its tasks are so legible and verifiable.
Last stated 14 Aug 2026 · 4 weeks ago
Holds Sunil Pai
Same subject: Anthropic
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Last stated 3 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Dax Raad
Same subject: Anthropic
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Last stated 2 Sept 2026 · 6 days ago
Holds Simon Willison
Same subject: Anthropic
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Last stated 10 May 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds ER Eric Ries