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coding agents Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: AI writes code well only where a million repositories have already written it; getting it to do something genuinely new remains notoriously hard. AI writes code well only where a million repositories have already written it; getting it to do something genuinely new remains notoriously hard. Last stated a year ago
30 Apr 2025
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Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. Last stated a year ago
17 Oct 2025
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Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of. — tap to centre the map on it Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of. Last stated a month ago
8 Sept 2026
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Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. Last stated 5 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. Last stated 4 months ago
16 Jun 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With AI, work is moving up the layers of abstraction, but the more context someone has about how things work under the hood, the better equipped they are to debug and build resilient things. — tap to centre the map on it With AI, work is moving up the layers of abstraction, but the more context someone has about how things work under the hood, the better equipped they are to debug and build resilient things. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults. — tap to centre the map on it Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults. Last stated 4 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Kyle Chayka — holds since 2026-06-29 — 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 agents is in the code a developer would never have written themselves, not just what they generate for you. Last stated 8 months ago
13 Feb 2026
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Arvid Kahl — holds since 2026-02-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AI coding tools only recently became good enough to change the answer: after years of hating them, most of this codebase is now written by AI. — tap to centre the map on it The AI coding tools only recently became good enough to change the answer: after years of hating them, most of this codebase is now written by AI. Last stated 4 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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NeetCode — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. — tap to centre the map on it A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy. Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. — tap to centre the map on it A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent. Last stated 4 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. — tap to centre the map on it AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build. Last stated 5 months ago
26 May 2026
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Carlos Alexandro Becker — holds since 2026-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. — tap to centre the map on it A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week. Last stated yesterday
21 Oct 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. — tap to centre the map on it A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. — tap to centre the map on it Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers. Last stated 3 years ago
18 Mar 2024
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Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. — tap to centre the map on it "Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago
25 Nov 2025
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Ilya Sutskever — holds since 2025-11-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. — tap to centre the map on it A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. — tap to centre the map on it A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from. Last stated 7 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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AI writes code well only where a million repositories have already written it; getting it to do something genuinely new remains notoriously hard.
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Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before.
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Existing AI models are already more than good enough, doing more for writing code than the author can make use of.
Holds
AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software.
Holds
AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly.
Holds
With AI, work is moving up the layers of abstraction, but the more context someone has about how things work under the hood, the better equipped they are to debug and build resilient things.
Holds
Getting genuinely original output from AI requires working hard against the grain of its defaults.
Holds
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.
Holds
The AI coding tools only recently became good enough to change the answer: after years of hating them, most of this codebase is now written by AI.
Holds
A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.
Holds
A stream of AI-written papers with any error rate at all becomes insufferable, because finding the error costs more than the paper is worth even at ninety-nine percent.
Holds
AI can now produce in minutes work that used to take weeks to build.
Holds
A PHP vulnerability found with GPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc this week.
Holds
A startup should not begin life as a nonprofit and bolt a for-profit arm on later, whatever OpenAI's own history suggests.
Holds
Advertising was a necessary phase for the internet but a momentary industry, and an AI people pay for is better because they know the answers are not influenced by advertisers.
Holds
"Scaling" was powerful because it was one word: naming a research direction is what tells a whole field what to do next.
Holds
A benchmark result should be reported under a stated budget, or as a curve against test-time compute — never as a single number.
Holds
A lab should spend most of its compute on research rather than on building the next model, because research is where the tenfold yearly efficiency gains come from.
Holds