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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under design design Everything filed under innovation innovation Everything filed under metascience metascience Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Almost every software project has cheap testing wins left on the table: basic random testing, static analysis and fault injection pay for themselves the first time they are run. Almost every software project has cheaptesting wins left on the table: basicrandom testing, static analysis and faultinjection pay for themselves the firsttime they are run. Last stated 11 years ago 12 Dec 2015 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2015-12-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The pie of software work is exploding, not growing: with the cost of exploring a hunch down a thousandfold, projects nobody would have contemplated get done. — tap to centre the map on it The pie of software work isexploding, not growing: with thecost of exploring a hunch down athousandfold, projects nobody wouldhave contemplated get done. Last stated 6 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Covering every line of code in tests does not guarantee covering every possible program state. — tap to centre the map on it Covering every line of code in testsdoes not guarantee covering everypossible program state. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Unit testing's only job should be to flag when something unexpected happens. — tap to centre the map on it Unit testing's only job should be toflag when something unexpectedhappens. Last stated 5 months ago 15 May 2026 YX Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software projects should break downstream users as little as possible, and make any breakage they do cause obvious and easy to fix. — tap to centre the map on it Software projects should breakdownstream users as little aspossible, and make any breakage theydo cause obvious and easy to fix. Last stated 5 years ago 11 Dec 2021 DC David Crawshaw — holds since 2021-12-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: The vast majority of software development projects fail — tap to centre the map on it The vast majority of softwaredevelopment projects fail Last stated 23 years ago 2 Feb 2004 JA Jeff Atwood — holds since 2004-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Unit tests alone give little confidence in a program, because the mistakes people actually make are not the conveniently unit-testable ones. — tap to centre the map on it Unit tests alone give littleconfidence in a program, because themistakes people actually make arenot the conveniently unit-testableones. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Oct 2017 HW Hillel Wayne — holds since 2017-10-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rewriting software from scratch gives developers the freedom to try techniques they might not otherwise attempt. — tap to centre the map on it Rewriting software from scratchgives developers the freedom to trytechniques they might not otherwiseattempt. Last stated 10 months ago 29 Dec 2025 AP Aaron Patterson — holds since 2025-12-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: The answer to weak studies of programming practice is to fund better ones, not to conclude that the question cannot be measured. — tap to centre the map on it The answer to weak studies ofprogramming practice is to fundbetter ones, not to conclude thatthe question cannot be measured. Last stated 12 years ago 7 Nov 2014 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are the new compilers thatcompile intent into fast software. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it AI acceleration threatens 'lesssoftware': without the constraint ofscarce hours, even 37signals willlikely build too much. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: "I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. — tap to centre the map on it "I don't know" becomes a kind ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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 fromits mistakes the way a person does-- it repeats the same errorindefinitely unless a human noticesand writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ 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 nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — 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
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At the centre Almost every software project has cheap testing wins left on the table: basic random testing, static analysis and fault injection pay for themselves the first time they are run. Last stated 12 Dec 2015 · 11 years ago Holds Dan Luu Read this korrent →