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Everything filed under agency agency Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Everything filed under scaling laws scaling laws Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under open source open source Everything filed under Europe Europe Everything filed under JavaScript JavaScript Everything filed under language learning language learning Everything filed under design design Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Complaining that younger generations are ruining the language is pointless. Complaining that younger generations areruining the language is pointless. Last stated 7 years ago 25 Jan 2020 DC Douglas Crockford — holds since 2020-01-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Each generation should speak honestly about its mistakes so they are corrected rather than calcified into harmful traditions — tap to centre the map on it Each generation should speakhonestly about its mistakes so theyare corrected rather than calcifiedinto harmful traditions JP Josh Puckett — holds since c. 2026 — tap for who they are Same subject: The newer generation of programmers is more well rounded and has a general distaste for tribalism in open source. — tap to centre the map on it The newer generation of programmersis more well rounded and has ageneral distaste for tribalism inopen source. Last stated 10 years ago 24 Nov 2016 ZS Zed Shaw — holds since 2016-11-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being rude to a language model makes it perform worse. — tap to centre the map on it Being rude to a language model makesit perform worse. Last stated 9 months ago 22 Jan 2026 SK Steve Klabnik — holds since 2026-01-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: LLMs are spoiling human writing, because ordinary constructions now look AI-written. — tap to centre the map on it LLMs are spoiling human writing,because ordinary constructions nowlook AI-written. Last stated 2 months ago 19 Aug 2026 AC Andrew Copson — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The default behavior in the German-speaking world is to defend stupid rules. — tap to centre the map on it The default behavior in theGerman-speaking world is to defendstupid rules. Last stated a month ago 20 Sept 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The problems of a programming language cannot be cleanly separated from the problems of its ecosystem and tooling. — tap to centre the map on it The problems of a programminglanguage cannot be cleanly separatedfrom the problems of its ecosystemand tooling. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 PO Pouria — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: What stops people speaking a new language is not missing vocabulary; it is being unwilling to be heard sounding stupid. — tap to centre the map on it What stops people speaking a newlanguage is not missing vocabulary;it is being unwilling to be heardsounding stupid. Last stated 14 years ago by 12 Oct 2012 BL Benny Lewis — holds since 2012-10-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Concurrency should stop being the programmer's problem and become the language designer's: it is better to impose vast pain on a few people than on a million. — tap to centre the map on it Concurrency should stop being theprogrammer's problem and become thelanguage designer's: it is better toimpose vast pain on a few peoplethan on a million. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Apr 2025 TS Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business can use stewardship of a community publication as a top-of-funnel customer acquisition strategy without needing the publication itself to generate revenue directly. — tap to centre the map on it A business can use stewardship of acommunity publication as atop-of-funnel customer acquisitionstrategy without needing thepublication itself to generaterevenue directly. Last stated a month ago 21 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A CEO can master both peacetime and wartime leadership, but it is hard — tap to centre the map on it A CEO can master both peacetime andwartime leadership, but it is hard Last stated 16 years ago 14 Apr 2011 BH Ben Horowitz — holds since 2011-04-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company can produce a good commercial without a large budget — tap to centre the map on it A company can produce a goodcommercial without a large budget Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-03-21 — 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 withGPT-5.6 Sol will cause havoc thisweek. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Oct 2026 PS 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 anonprofit and bolt a for-profit armon later, whatever OpenAI's ownhistory suggests. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA 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 phasefor the internet but a momentaryindustry, and an AI people pay foris better because they know theanswers are not influenced byadvertisers. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA 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 itwas one word: naming a researchdirection is what tells a wholefield what to do next. Last stated 11 months ago 25 Nov 2025 IS 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 bereported under a stated budget, oras a curve against test-time compute— never as a single number. Last stated 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB 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 itscompute on research rather than onbuilding the next model, becauseresearch is where the tenfold yearlyefficiency gains come from. Last stated 8 months ago 13 Mar 2026 DP Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Complaining that younger generations are ruining the language is pointless. Last stated 25 Jan 2020 · 7 years ago Holds Douglas Crockford Read this korrent →