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← Being logical is easy; being logical all the way to the bitter end is almost impossible

17 connected korrents · 14 moments from 22 Feb 2022 to 19 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Everything filed under ambition ambition Everything filed under code generation code generation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Being logical is easy; being logical all the way to the bitter end is almost impossible Being logical is easy; being logical allthe way to the bitter end is almostimpossible AC Albert Camus — holds since c. 1942 — tap for who they are Same subject: Duplicating logic is no longer painful, while abstractions still are. — tap to centre the map on it Duplicating logic is no longerpainful, while abstractions stillare. Last stated 3 weeks ago 10 Sept 2026 PS Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our possibilities of happiness are limited from the start by our constitution, and it is much easier to be unhappy — tap to centre the map on it Our possibilities of happiness arelimited from the start by ourconstitution, and it is much easierto be unhappy SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Inference was never going to be the easy, cheap half of AI, because inference is thinking, and thinking is far harder than reading. — tap to centre the map on it Inference was never going to be theeasy, cheap half of AI, becauseinference is thinking, and thinkingis far harder than reading. Last stated 6 months ago 23 Mar 2026 JH Jensen Huang — holds since 2026-03-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Happiness is the test of conduct and the end of life, but it can only be reached by not making it the direct aim — tap to centre the map on it Happiness is the test of conduct andthe end of life, but it can only bereached by not making it the directaim JM John Stuart Mill — holds since c. 1873 — tap for who they are Same subject: A pleasant life is impossible without living wisely, well and justly, and living that way is impossible without living pleasantly — tap to centre the map on it A pleasant life is impossiblewithout living wisely, well andjustly, and living that way isimpossible without living pleasantly EP Epicurus — holds since c. 341–270 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Everything people have ever wanted to do with software is now possible. — tap to centre the map on it Everything people have ever wantedto do with software is now possible. Last stated 2 weeks ago 19 Sept 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: When two options are almost perfectly balanced the choice does not matter, and those are exactly the decisions people agonize over. — tap to centre the map on it When two options are almostperfectly balanced the choice doesnot matter, and those are exactlythe decisions people agonize over. Last stated 4 years ago 9 Aug 2022 GK Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Thinking harder about a decision has diminishing returns because reality is inherently unknowable. — tap to centre the map on it Thinking harder about a decision hasdiminishing returns because realityis inherently unknowable. Last stated 5 years ago 22 Feb 2022 NN Neel Nanda — holds since 2022-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A coding agent left to run over a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. — tap to centre the map on it A coding agent left to run over aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. — tap to centre the map on it A developer using AI coding toolsremains responsible for reviewingthe code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago 10 Mar 2026 JS Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feature shipped in a product's official release is fair to judge, regardless of whether the company labels it a beta. — tap to centre the map on it A feature shipped in a product'sofficial release is fair to judge,regardless of whether the companylabels it a beta. Last stated 3 weeks ago 14 Sept 2026 JS Jason Snell — holds since 2026-09-14 — 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 4 weeks ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company on a monolith cannot use AI on it: no model in the next eighteen months will hold that codebase, so the monolith has to be broken up or rewritten. — tap to centre the map on it A company on a monolith cannot useAI on it: no model in the nexteighteen months will hold thatcodebase, so the monolith has to bebroken up or rewritten. Last stated 7 months ago 11 Mar 2026 SY Steve Yegge — holds since 2026-03-11 — 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 2 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agent-generated pull requests have exploded in size with no signs of slowing down — tap to centre the map on it Agent-generated pull requests haveexploded in size with no signs ofslowing down Last stated 2 weeks ago 16 Sept 2026 GO Gergely Orosz — holds since 2026-09-16 — 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 3 weeks ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Being logical is easy; being logical all the way to the bitter end is almost impossible Last stated c. 1942 Holds Albert Camus Read this korrent →