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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under Anthropic Anthropic Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Everything filed under design design Cannot both be trueSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it. AI is welcome as a better search engineand a pair programmer that does not drive,but writing the code itself is notsomething to hand over to it. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Cannot both be true: LLMs can write a large fraction of the tedious code a developer will ever need to write, and most code on most projects is tedious. — tap to centre the map on it LLMs can write a large fraction ofthe tedious code a developer willever need to write, and most code onmost projects is tedious. Last stated a year ago 2 Jun 2025 TP Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2025-06-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code quality still matters even as LLMs make writing code much faster — tap to centre the map on it Code quality still matters even asLLMs make writing code much faster Last stated a year ago 13 May 2025 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: What a programmer actually wants from AI is not autocomplete but a pair programmer that tells you which line has the bug. — tap to centre the map on it What a programmer actually wantsfrom AI is not autocomplete but apair programmer that tells you whichline has the bug. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Jun 2023 GH George Hotz — holds since 2023-06-29 — 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 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 8 months ago 13 Feb 2026 AK Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The meme that programmers no longer need to be competent is a trap: the path is competence, and AI does not change that. — tap to centre the map on it The meme that programmers no longerneed to be competent is a trap: thepath is competence, and AI does notchange that. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-18 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2025-07-12 — tap for who they are DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Refusing to write code with AI can be a philosophical decision rather than a productivity one: the reason to program something is that you want to program it. — tap to centre the map on it Refusing to write code with AI canbe a philosophical decision ratherthan a productivity one: the reasonto program something is that youwant to program it. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much of what people want from AI is not menus and features but something they can hand a meaningful task to and have it done. — tap to centre the map on it Much of what people want from AI isnot menus and features but somethingthey can hand a meaningful task toand have it done. Last stated a month ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-assisted coding will generate a lot of low-quality output that developers will need to clean up, even as it also produces good results. — tap to centre the map on it AI-assisted coding will generate alot of low-quality output thatdevelopers will need to clean up,even as it also produces goodresults. Last stated 8 months ago 9 Feb 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-02-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction — tap to centre the map on it A new API framework that ignores howexisting apps were historicallybuilt undermines its ownintroduction Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — 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 Codelast while it stays first in use ismeasuring the wrong thing, and hasbeen for a year. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A skill is a set of repeatable, specific instructions that augments what Claude Code can do. — tap to centre the map on it A skill is a set of repeatable,specific instructions that augmentswhat Claude Code can do. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A story's quality depends on whether it engages and satisfies the reader, not on the tool used to write it. — tap to centre the map on it A story's quality depends on whetherit engages and satisfies the reader,not on the tool used to write it. Last stated 2 months ago 30 Aug 2026 EP Eliot Peper — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated 4 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature added to a codebase is extremely difficult to remove once other code is built on top of it. — tap to centre the map on it A feature added to a codebase isextremely difficult to remove onceother code is built on top of it. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre AI is welcome as a better search engine and a pair programmer that does not drive, but writing the code itself is not something to hand over to it. Last stated 8 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago No longer holds David Heinemeier Hansson Read this korrent →