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journalism Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Designing a product for ease of verification should happen before building evals for it. Designing a product for ease of verification should happen before building evals for it. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Hamel Husain — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: It is really important for designers to embrace evals, because that is how the system is created and it is the definition of good. — tap to centre the map on it It is really important for designers to embrace evals, because that is how the system is created and it is the definition of good. Last stated 3 months ago
24 Jun 2026
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Loredana Crisan — holds since 2026-06-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A project that only shows the models are not ready yet is a win if it leaves behind an eval to retry with later models. — tap to centre the map on it A project that only shows the models are not ready yet is a win if it leaves behind an eval to retry with later models. Last stated 4 weeks ago
10 Sept 2026
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Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Loop engineering works exactly as far as verification does: make a problem very verifiable and you can treat it as a black box and let the model run. — tap to centre the map on it Loop engineering works exactly as far as verification does: make a problem very verifiable and you can treat it as a black box and let the model run. Last stated 3 months ago
15 Jul 2026
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Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Verifying a simplified model rather than the real system is worth doing even though the real system will still have bugs, because the bugs you designed in never get built. — tap to centre the map on it Verifying a simplified model rather than the real system is worth doing even though the real system will still have bugs, because the bugs you designed in never get built. Last stated 2 months ago
29 Jul 2026
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Hillel Wayne — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You have to be user number one: if you are not excited by the thing you are building, it will probably not be any good. — tap to centre the map on it You have to be user number one: if you are not excited by the thing you are building, it will probably not be any good. Last stated 2 months ago
10 Aug 2026
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Peter Steinberger — holds since 2026-08-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: With AI, verification has become the bottleneck in producing work, whereas before it happened incidentally during creation. — tap to centre the map on it With AI, verification has become the bottleneck in producing work, whereas before it happened incidentally during creation. Last stated 3 months ago
29 Jun 2026
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Hamel Husain — holds since 2026-06-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The press release should be written before the project starts, not after the product ships. — tap to centre the map on it The press release should be written before the project starts, not after the product ships. Last stated 4 months ago
7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A visual eval lets designers who are not in the code build complex tooling and autonomous runs they can still shape and control the way they are used to. — tap to centre the map on it A visual eval lets designers who are not in the code build complex tooling and autonomous runs they can still shape and control the way they are used to. Last stated 2 months ago
11 Aug 2026
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Kyle Zantos — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. — tap to centre the map on it 95 percent of the software made in an age of abundance will be shitty, and shitty software is easy to deal with because it goes away. Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Sept 2026
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Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — 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
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 tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. Last stated 7 months ago
10 Mar 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code. — tap to centre the map on it Code that is complex or clever can pass its tests while still being bad code. Last stated 11 years ago
22 Oct 2015
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2015-10-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Smaller, more atomic pull requests make code review easier. — tap to centre the map on it Smaller, more atomic pull requests make code review easier. Last stated 5 years ago
10 Jul 2021
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Marc Littlemore — holds since 2021-07-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Unnecessary code is a burden that makes a codebase harder to change — tap to centre the map on it Unnecessary code is a burden that makes a codebase harder to change Last stated 4 years ago
17 May 2022
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2022-05-17 — 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 5 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 yesterday
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 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
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George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are