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Read this korrent: Code should be accepted based on its merit and accountability for it should be assigned.
Code should be accepted based on its merit and accountability for it should be assigned.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
20 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software can be considered slop if it meets certain functional and maintainable criteria. — tap to centre the map on it
Software can be considered slop if it meets certain functional and maintainable criteria.
Last stated today
2 Oct 2026
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Low-quality AI-generated code contributions betray the care that goes into writing and maintaining software for others. — tap to centre the map on it
Low-quality AI-generated code contributions betray the care that goes into writing and maintaining software for others.
Last stated a week ago
25 Sept 2026
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Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Part of the AI slop problem is probably people handing off accountability for the work they send. — tap to centre the map on it
Part of the AI slop problem is probably people handing off accountability for the work they send.
Last stated 5 days ago
27 Sept 2026
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Molly Graham — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together. — tap to centre the map on it
The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together.
Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is no proof good code will matter in the future, since the notion is based on human ease of use and humans will not modify most code. — tap to centre the map on it
There is no proof good code will matter in the future, since the notion is based on human ease of use and humans will not modify most code.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
19 Sept 2026
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Line-by-line code review has become an outdated ritual: senior engineers should be giving feedback on how their team instructs AI, not on the code AI wrote. — tap to centre the map on it
Line-by-line code review has become an outdated ritual: senior engineers should be giving feedback on how their team instructs AI, not on the code AI wrote.
Last stated 6 months ago
29 Mar 2026
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-written code is fine when only the visual result matters, but insufficient in technical domains where understanding what is actually being computed is required. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-written code is fine when only the visual result matters, but insufficient in technical domains where understanding what is actually being computed is required.
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: Work produced by one frontier model should be reviewed by a different one, for the same reason a good programmer's work improves under a good peer's review. — tap to centre the map on it
Work produced by one frontier model should be reviewed by a different one, for the same reason a good programmer's work improves under a good peer's review.
Last stated a month ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Modern AI models tend to write many tests that are not useful. — tap to centre the map on it
Modern AI models tend to write many tests that are not useful.
Last stated a week ago
24 Sept 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-09-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI. — tap to centre the map on it
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 9 months ago
1 Jan 2026
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Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo. — tap to centre the map on it
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated a month ago
23 Aug 2026
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François Chollet — holds since 2026-08-23 — 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 any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year.
Last stated 2 months ago
27 Jul 2026
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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 have exploded in size with no signs of slowing down
Last stated 2 weeks ago
16 Sept 2026
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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 that compile intent into fast software.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
12 Sept 2026
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Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — 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 3 months ago
30 Jun 2026
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Grant Sanderson — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.
Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Peter Woit — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs. — tap to centre the map on it
AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
Last stated a month ago
31 Aug 2026
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Ethan Mollick — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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Code should be accepted based on its merit and accountability for it should be assigned.
Last stated 20 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Tobias Lütke
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Software can be considered slop if it meets certain functional and maintainable criteria.
Last stated 2 Oct 2026 · today
Holds Thorsten Ball
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Low-quality AI-generated code contributions betray the care that goes into writing and maintaining software for others.
Last stated 25 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Cory Doctorow
Similar wording
Part of the AI slop problem is probably people handing off accountability for the work they send.
Last stated 27 Sept 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Molly Graham
Similar wording
The specific rules taught as clean code are simply bad programming practices, and they get worse when you apply them together.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Casey Muratori
Similar wording
There is no proof good code will matter in the future, since the notion is based on human ease of use and humans will not modify most code.
Last stated 19 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Thorsten Ball
Similar wording
Line-by-line code review has become an outdated ritual: senior engineers should be giving feedback on how their team instructs AI, not on the code AI wrote.
Last stated 29 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Chip Huyen
Similar wording
AI-written code is fine when only the visual result matters, but insufficient in technical domains where understanding what is actually being computed is required.
Last stated 16 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Stephen Wolfram
Similar wording
Work produced by one frontier model should be reviewed by a different one, for the same reason a good programmer's work improves under a good peer's review.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
Same subject: AI slop
Modern AI models tend to write many tests that are not useful.
Last stated 24 Sept 2026 · a week ago
Holds Peter Steinberger
Same subject: AI slop
A badly written AI outbound email is evidence of a bad vendor, not of a limit of AI.
Last stated 1 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Jason Lemkin
Same subject: AI slop
A growing fraction of social media is AI slop influencers being replied to by bots — an echo of an echo of an echo.
Last stated 23 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds François Chollet
Same subject: code generation
A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year.
Last stated 27 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Boris Cherny
Same subject: code generation
Agent-generated pull requests have exploded in size with no signs of slowing down
Last stated 16 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Gergely Orosz
Same subject: code generation
Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software.
Last stated 12 Sept 2026 · 3 weeks ago
Holds Guillermo Rauch
Same subject: AI writing
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 30 Jun 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Grant Sanderson
Same subject: AI writing
AI-generated junk papers risk overwhelming the hep-th physics field with worthless content.
Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago
Holds Peter Woit
Same subject: AI writing
AI-generated writing tends to repeat the same themes, names, and underlying ideas across different outputs.
Last stated 31 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Ethan Mollick