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Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under OpenAI OpenAI Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Current AI coding models make poor decisions despite strong mechanical execution Current AI coding models make poordecisions despite strong mechanicalexecution Last stated 4 months ago 1 Jul 2026 JB Jamie Brandon — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coding models are worst at exactly the thing an AI research explosion would need: code that has never been written before. — tap to centre the map on it Coding models are worst at exactlythe thing an AI research explosionwould need: code that has never beenwritten before. Last stated a year ago 17 Oct 2025 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2025-10-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code is not fully reliable and typically needs significant manual effort to keep it working correctly. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code is not fullyreliable and typically needssignificant manual effort to keep itworking correctly. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-generated code does not reach the structural quality of the best hand-written software. — tap to centre the map on it AI-generated code does not reach thestructural quality of the besthand-written software. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SS Salvatore Sanfilippo — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI struggles more with general knowledge work than with coding because that work is more fragmented and less verifiable. — tap to centre the map on it AI struggles more with generalknowledge work than with codingbecause that work is more fragmentedand less verifiable. Last stated 10 months ago 22 Dec 2025 IZ Ivan Zhao — holds since 2025-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI will make hand-written code a luxury only the wealthy can afford to produce. — tap to centre the map on it AI will make hand-written code aluxury only the wealthy can affordto produce. Last stated 7 months ago 29 Mar 2026 CW Chris Wellons — holds since 2026-03-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI models are not yet capable of producing great code — tap to centre the map on it AI models are not yet capable ofproducing great code Last stated 2 years ago 16 Dec 2024 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-12-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: The universe is punishing us for the bad software built over the last 30 years. — tap to centre the map on it The universe is punishing us for thebad software built over the last 30years. Last stated 2 weeks ago 22 Oct 2026 AR Armin Ronacher — holds since 2026-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Current AI models are worse colleagues than humans, because they routinely imply they did a task they did not actually do. — tap to centre the map on it Current AI models are worsecolleagues than humans, because theyroutinely imply they did a task theydid not actually do. Last stated 3 months ago 11 Aug 2026 RG Ryan Greenblatt — holds since 2026-08-11 — 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 ofsuperpower when you can work withClaude Code to figure things out. Last stated 8 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand. — tap to centre the map on it A code-review agent works best witha clean context, sharing nothingwith the coding agent beforehand. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Apr 2026 WY Walden Yan — holds since 2026-04-22 — 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 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 MZ Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — 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 4 months ago 28 Jun 2026 PL Pieter Levels — holds since 2026-06-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: All abstractions are leaky, so code an AI writes for you will have mistakes. — tap to centre the map on it All abstractions are leaky, so codean AI writes for you will havemistakes. Last stated 9 months ago 19 Feb 2026 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2026-02-19 — 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 7 months ago 8 Apr 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-04-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: GPT-5.5 is the only coding model with the agency to rip out old code and rewrite from first principles; the others patch around the edges. — tap to centre the map on it GPT-5.5 is the only coding modelwith the agency to rip out old codeand rewrite from first principles;the others patch around the edges. Last stated 5 months ago 24 May 2026 DS Dan Shipper — holds since 2026-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Not showing the code and exact details of what the agent ran in the ChatGPT UI is a lack of transparency and an anti-feature. — tap to centre the map on it Not showing the code and exactdetails of what the agent ran in theChatGPT UI is a lack of transparencyand an anti-feature. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Sept 2026 SW Simon Willison — holds since 2026-09-12 — 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
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At the centre Current AI coding models make poor decisions despite strong mechanical execution Last stated 1 Jul 2026 · 4 months ago Holds Jamie Brandon Read this korrent →