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28 Feb 2023
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2023-02-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Developers who defined the job as being the only person who could write code have just watched the only thing they were good at get commoditised. — tap to centre the map on it Developers who defined the job as being the only person who could write code have just watched the only thing they were good at get commoditised. 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: A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. — tap to centre the map on it A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place. 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: He is a software writer, not a software engineer, and the engineering label flattens what most programmers actually do. — tap to centre the map on it He is a software writer, not a software engineer, and the engineering label flattens what most programmers actually do. Last stated a year ago
12 Jul 2025
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: As AI writes more of the code, an engineer's job shifts away from expressing logic in a language and towards articulating high-level trade-offs. — tap to centre the map on it As AI writes more of the code, an engineer's job shifts away from expressing logic in a language and towards articulating high-level trade-offs. Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — 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: 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: The programmer AI replaces is the one whose purpose is coding itself; an engineer whose purpose is finding problems to solve is not replaceable. — tap to centre the map on it The programmer AI replaces is the one whose purpose is coding itself; an engineer whose purpose is finding problems to solve is not replaceable. Last stated 8 months ago
8 Jan 2026
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Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-01-08 — 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 maintainer no longer needs to read every pull request; agents can sort the chaff and leave only the decisions worth a human. — tap to centre the map on it A maintainer no longer needs to read every pull request; agents can sort the chaff and leave only the decisions worth a human. Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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
Same subject: Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. — tap to centre the map on it Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context. Last stated 7 months ago
12 Feb 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. — tap to centre the map on it MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago. 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: MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface. — tap to centre the map on it MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface. Last stated 8 months ago
31 Dec 2025
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Simon Willison — holds since 2025-12-31 — tap for who they are
At the centre
A programmer’s job is to write programs that run well on the hardware they are given.
Holds CM Casey MuratoriRead this korrent →
Developers who defined the job as being the only person who could write code have just watched the only thing they were good at get commoditised.
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
A job can give you satisfaction and even thrill, but not purpose, and a programmer looking for purpose in the work is looking in the wrong place.
Holds TH ThePrimeagen
He is a software writer, not a software engineer, and the engineering label flattens what most programmers actually do.
Holds
As AI writes more of the code, an engineer's job shifts away from expressing logic in a language and towards articulating high-level trade-offs.
Holds MK Martin Kleppmann
The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour.
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
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.
Holds
The programmer AI replaces is the one whose purpose is coding itself; an engineer whose purpose is finding problems to solve is not replaceable.
Holds JH Jensen Huang
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.
Holds
A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on.
Holds
A maintainer no longer needs to read every pull request; agents can sort the chaff and leave only the decisions worth a human.
Holds
A benchmark that ranks Claude Code last while it stays first in use is measuring the wrong thing, and has been for a year.
Holds
A language model asked to summarize its own system prompt risks that prompt's content biasing the summary it produces.
Holds
A trust that owns the mission protects a company better than founder control does, which is why Anthropic needs no dual-class shares.
Holds ER Eric Ries
Every tool is better as a CLI than as an MCP server: models are good at Unix commands, a CLI composes with jq, and MCP output clutters the context.
Holds
MCP is not a new foundation for anything — it is API design, and Kubernetes was already turning one intention into seven calls a decade ago.
Holds KH Kelsey Hightower
MCP may turn out to be a one-year wonder, because coding agents that can run arbitrary shell commands make Bash the best general-purpose tool interface.
Holds