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Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under JavaScript JavaScript Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Every abstraction in agentic programming — RAG, memory, agentic history, structured output — is just a different way of passing tokens into a model, and understanding that beats learning any of them. Every abstraction in agentic programming —RAG, memory, agentic history, structuredoutput — is just a different way ofpassing tokens into a model, andunderstanding that beats learning any ofthem. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: With AI, work is moving up the layers of abstraction, but the more context someone has about how things work under the hood, the better equipped they are to debug and build resilient things. — tap to centre the map on it With AI, work is moving up thelayers of abstraction, but the morecontext someone has about how thingswork under the hood, the betterequipped they are to debug and buildresilient things. Last stated 7 months ago 25 Mar 2026 FG Flora Guo — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Rust may be the best language for AI agents to write, because the compiler gives an agent the feedback that tells it what to fix. — tap to centre the map on it Rust may be the best language for AIagents to write, because thecompiler gives an agent the feedbackthat tells it what to fix. Last stated 5 months ago 20 May 2026 AR Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: The code today’s models and agents write is very hard to follow: you get better performance without knowing why, and no way to fix it when it breaks. — tap to centre the map on it The code today’s models and agentswrite is very hard to follow: youget better performance withoutknowing why, and no way to fix itwhen it breaks. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Jul 2026 ES Elizabeth Stone — holds since 2026-07-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: What limits you with coding agents is your own skill at stringing them together, not the capability of the models. — tap to centre the map on it What limits you with coding agentsis your own skill at stringing themtogether, not the capability of themodels. Last stated 7 months ago 20 Mar 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-03-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Using an AI system to write code is delegating a task to a non-deterministic agent, not using a new layer of abstraction. — tap to centre the map on it Using an AI system to write code isdelegating a task to anon-deterministic agent, not using anew layer of abstraction. Last stated a year ago 8 Sept 2025 RD Rakhim Davletkaliyev — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making a product work for agents is probably largely a matter of building the right primitives into it, almost as an infrastructural layer. — tap to centre the map on it Making a product work for agents isprobably largely a matter ofbuilding the right primitives intoit, almost as an infrastructurallayer. Last stated a month ago 10 Sept 2026 MK Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Much of the defensive engineering built into agentic systems exists because tokens have been scarce, not because it is fundamentally necessary. — tap to centre the map on it Much of the defensive engineeringbuilt into agentic systems existsbecause tokens have been scarce, notbecause it is fundamentallynecessary. Last stated a month ago 22 Sept 2026 HR Harper Reed — holds since 2026-09-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Maintaining a duplicate set of prototype code is no burden for an agent; agents are incredibly good translators between code conventions. — tap to centre the map on it Maintaining a duplicate set ofprototype code is no burden for anagent; agents are incredibly goodtranslators between codeconventions. Last stated 2 months ago 18 Aug 2026 PM Patrick Morgan — holds since 2026-08-18 — 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 isevidence of a bad vendor, not of alimit of AI. Last stated 10 months ago 1 Jan 2026 JL Jason Lemkin — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bigger context window does not give you a smarter model; the intelligence of the model is what decides how much of that window it can actually attend to. — tap to centre the map on it A bigger context window does notgive you a smarter model; theintelligence of the model is whatdecides how much of that window itcan actually attend to. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Jul 2026 DH Dex Horthy — holds since 2026-07-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A body of publications is easy for AI models to consume via pretraining corpora but cumbersome for most humans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts, and paywalls. — tap to centre the map on it A body of publications is easy forAI models to consume via pretrainingcorpora but cumbersome for mosthumans due to CAPTCHAs, accounts,and paywalls. Last stated a month ago 17 Sept 2026 PC Patrick Collison — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A strength of Claude is that it is good at ranking your options, lowest risk and least expensive first. — tap to centre the map on it A strength of Claude is that it isgood at ranking your options, lowestrisk and least expensive first. Last stated 4 months ago 16 Jun 2026 BW Brett Williams — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Among the misuse threats in Anthropic's threat disruption report, distillation is by far the most important and will have the most impact. — tap to centre the map on it Among the misuse threats inAnthropic's threat disruptionreport, distillation is by far themost important and will have themost impact. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Anthropic prices its Claude subscription plans as loss leaders relative to its own API rates. — tap to centre the map on it Anthropic prices its Claudesubscription plans as loss leadersrelative to its own API rates. Last stated a month ago 19 Sept 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tiny language model inventing a plausible-sounding name is the same phenomenon as a large one confidently stating a false fact. — tap to centre the map on it A tiny language model inventing aplausible-sounding name is the samephenomenon as a large oneconfidently stating a false fact. Last stated 8 months ago 12 Feb 2026 AK Andrej Karpathy — holds since 2026-02-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI should be released iteratively rather than built in secret, because AI and surprise do not go together and the world needs time to adapt before it is under the gun. — tap to centre the map on it AI should be released iterativelyrather than built in secret, becauseAI and surprise do not go togetherand the world needs time to adaptbefore it is under the gun. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Mar 2024 SA Sam Altman — holds since 2024-03-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: An AI can already earn an A on a university economics midterm, years earlier than informed forecasters expected. — tap to centre the map on it An AI can already earn an A on auniversity economics midterm, yearsearlier than informed forecastersexpected. Last stated 4 years ago 21 Mar 2023 BC Bryan Caplan — holds since 2023-03-21 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Every abstraction in agentic programming — RAG, memory, agentic history, structured output — is just a different way of passing tokens into a model, and understanding that beats learning any of them. Last stated 15 Jul 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Dex Horthy Read this korrent →