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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under software performance software performance Everything filed under design design Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under vibe coding vibe coding Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Anyone mourning the loss of writing code by hand should try falling in love with solving problems instead — that may be what they loved the whole time. Anyone mourning the loss of writing codeby hand should try falling in love withsolving problems instead — that may bewhat they loved the whole time. Last stated 2 days ago 7 Sept 2026 KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot really understand the code you write unless you are also the one operating it. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot really understand thecode you write unless you are alsothe one operating it. Last stated 4 weeks ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Code and files generated by tools are pollution: hand-writing them is worth the effort because the bloat slows everything down for everyone. — tap to centre the map on it Code and files generated by toolsare pollution: hand-writing them isworth the effort because the bloatslows everything down for everyone. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Oct 2019 DS Derek Sivers — holds since 2019-10-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: The way software gets built flipped in December: writing code yourself is now the exception, not the default. — tap to centre the map on it The way software gets built flippedin December: writing code yourselfis now the exception, not thedefault. Last stated 6 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nobody falls in love with solutions at the start of a career, and the people who stayed in love with problems are the ones this technology enables. — tap to centre the map on it Nobody falls in love with solutionsat the start of a career, and thepeople who stayed in love withproblems are the ones thistechnology enables. Last stated 12 months ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most of the pain a beginner feels while learning to program is not the difficulty of the craft but the failure of programming language design. — tap to centre the map on it Most of the pain a beginner feelswhile learning to program is not thedifficulty of the craft but thefailure of programming languagedesign. Last stated a year ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every project reaches the point where the code is a mess, so starting over to fix that only returns you to the same place later. — tap to centre the map on it Every project reaches the pointwhere the code is a mess, sostarting over to fix that onlyreturns you to the same place later. Last stated 16 years ago 17 Sept 2010 DY Derek Yu — holds since 2010-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI may eventually replace programmers, but the craft of programming will survive the way knitting did, and you were never just a programmer: you are a builder. — tap to centre the map on it AI may eventually replaceprogrammers, but the craft ofprogramming will survive the wayknitting did, and you were neverjust a programmer: you are abuilder. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Feb 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A sense of achievement in software survives writing almost none of the code yourself. — tap to centre the map on it A sense of achievement in softwaresurvives writing almost none of thecode yourself. Last stated 2 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — 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 6 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 6 days ago 3 Sept 2026 DR 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 andcompletely miss the job -- codingmakes this easy to see preciselybecause its tasks are so legible andverifiable. Last stated 4 weeks ago 14 Aug 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI agents and AI coding will run on servers and from the cloud first, not on your laptop. — tap to centre the map on it AI agents and AI coding will run onservers and from the cloud first,not on your laptop. Last stated 2 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anthropic pulling Claude subscriptions from third-party harnesses like OpenCode is a mistake: playing a single match in a game of many rounds. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic pulling Claudesubscriptions from third-partyharnesses like OpenCode is amistake: playing a single match in agame of many rounds. Last stated 5 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding agents should read the shared AGENTS.md convention; insisting on a tool-specific CLAUDE.md creates split-brain problems across a team. — tap to centre the map on it Coding agents should read the sharedAGENTS.md convention; insisting on atool-specific CLAUDE.md createssplit-brain problems across a team. Last stated 2 weeks ago 25 Aug 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A team that slows down and reads every pull request and every line of code should expect only a 30 to 50 percent productivity lift from AI. — tap to centre the map on it A team that slows down and readsevery pull request and every line ofcode should expect only a 30 to 50percent productivity lift from AI. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agent-written code that runs and passes its tests is not enough: security, maintainability and being able to roll it back still need humans in the loop. — tap to centre the map on it Agent-written code that runs andpasses its tests is not enough:security, maintainability and beingable to roll it back still needhumans in the loop. Last stated 3 months ago 7 Jun 2026 TF Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Having an AI agent write tests costs tokens in the short run and saves them in the long run, because the classic failure is that the code does not work. — tap to centre the map on it Having an AI agent write tests coststokens in the short run and savesthem in the long run, because theclassic failure is that the codedoes not work. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Jul 2026 KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Anyone mourning the loss of writing code by hand should try falling in love with solving problems instead — that may be what they loved the whole time. Last stated 7 Sept 2026 · 2 days ago Holds Kent C. Dodds Read this korrent →