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29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — 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 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. Last stated 2 years ago
30 Apr 2025
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Tim Sweeney — holds since 2025-04-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Concurrency is hard for novices and experts alike: even experts regularly get it wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Concurrency is hard for novices and experts alike: even experts regularly get it wrong. Last stated 5 years ago
3 Aug 2021
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2021-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Locking is too hard for programmers to get right over and over again, so the language runtime should do that part. — tap to centre the map on it Locking is too hard for programmers to get right over and over again, so the language runtime should do that part. Last stated 9 years ago
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Rich Hickey — holds since 2018-01-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough. — tap to centre the map on it For an experienced programmer the bottleneck is usually not thinking but typing, getting what is already in your head into the editor fast enough. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use. — tap to centre the map on it What AI still cannot do in mathematics is build cumulatively on partial progress; it is trial, error and brute force rather than an idea improving through use. Last stated 7 months ago
20 Mar 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-03-20 — 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 the code you write unless you are also the one operating it. Last stated 3 months ago
12 Aug 2026
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Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A programming environment should provide exactly one concurrency model, since offering multiple concurrency implementations at once causes problems. — tap to centre the map on it A programming environment should provide exactly one concurrency model, since offering multiple concurrency implementations at once causes problems. Last stated 3 years ago
4 Jan 2024
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Rob Pike — holds since 2024-01-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data. — tap to centre the map on it What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data. Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago
29 Sept 2018
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Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago
17 Feb 2024
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Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. Last stated 3 months ago
9 Aug 2026
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Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
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Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. Last stated 4 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
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Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. Last stated 3 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out. Last stated 7 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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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 from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down. Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — 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 a weekend returns work that is half good, a quarter garbage and a quarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are