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Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under writing writing 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: Floating-point printing and parsing algorithms are converging toward an optimal solution. Floating-point printing and parsingalgorithms are converging toward anoptimal solution. Last stated 10 months ago 19 Jan 2026 RC Russ Cox — holds since 2026-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A conclusion cannot rest on its simplicity alone; it must be backed by empirical evidence. — tap to centre the map on it A conclusion cannot rest on itssimplicity alone; it must be backedby empirical evidence. Last stated 7 years ago 28 Oct 2019 SP Shane Parrish — holds since 2019-10-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A program's simplicity of structure does not limit how sophisticated the computation it performs can be. — tap to centre the map on it A program's simplicity of structuredoes not limit how sophisticated thecomputation it performs can be. Last stated 4 months ago 21 Jul 2026 SW Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: After a decade of Swiss minimalism, design is about to swing back to something far more expressive. — tap to centre the map on it After a decade of Swiss minimalism,design is about to swing back tosomething far more expressive. Last stated a year ago 16 Oct 2025 DF Dylan Field — holds since 2025-10-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: An inability to explain something simply often reflects not yet understanding the problem well enough to compress it. — tap to centre the map on it An inability to explain somethingsimply often reflects not yetunderstanding the problem wellenough to compress it. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 VB Vicki Boykis — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Convergence and simplicity make for poor goals in technology; aim for clarity instead. — tap to centre the map on it Convergence and simplicity make forpoor goals in technology; aim forclarity instead. Last stated 12 years ago 18 Feb 2015 FC Frank Chimero — holds since 2015-02-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Digital minimalism is about being intentional about ways that you access digital technology. — tap to centre the map on it Digital minimalism is about beingintentional about ways that youaccess digital technology. Last stated 5 days ago 31 Oct 2026 VB Vitalik Buterin — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: Focus and simplicity are worth the work: simple can be harder than complex, because the thinking has to be got clean, but once there one can move mountains. — tap to centre the map on it Focus and simplicity are worth thework: simple can be harder thancomplex, because the thinking has tobe got clean, but once there one canmove mountains. Last stated 28 years ago 14 May 1998 SJ Steve Jobs — holds since 1998-05-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Black writer is needed to portray Black life truly, and white people from a Black standpoint — tap to centre the map on it A Black writer is needed to portrayBlack life truly, and white peoplefrom a Black standpoint AC Anna Julia Cooper — holds since c. 1892 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser that answers with generated prose instead of links is not a web browser but an anti-web browser, and it hides that substitution from the person using it. — tap to centre the map on it A browser that answers withgenerated prose instead of links isnot a web browser but an anti-webbrowser, and it hides thatsubstitution from the person usingit. Last stated a year ago 22 Oct 2025 AD Anil Dash — holds since 2025-10-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A certain kind of financial struggle often serves as a catalyst for writers to produce great works. — tap to centre the map on it A certain kind of financial struggleoften serves as a catalyst forwriters to produce great works. Last stated 2 years ago 24 Oct 2024 WY Waqas Younas — holds since 2024-10-24 — 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 inan age of abundance will be shitty,and shitty software is easy to dealwith because it goes away. Last stated a month ago 23 Sept 2026 GT Geoff Teehan — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A bug live for one day is better than an app stuck in review for two weeks. — tap to centre the map on it A bug live for one day is betterthan an app stuck in review for twoweeks. Last stated 17 years ago 24 Aug 2009 JH Joe Hewitt — holds since 2009-08-24 — 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 aweekend returns work that is halfgood, a quarter garbage and aquarter in need of repair. Last stated a year ago 18 Aug 2025 CB Clay Bavor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A 'tranquil domestic setting' is not a fitting frame for Jane Austen. — tap to centre the map on it A 'tranquil domestic setting' is nota fitting frame for Jane Austen. Last stated 2 years ago 3 Aug 2024 DL Devoney Looser — holds since 2024-08-03 — 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 deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A book is not bad just because its characters have a bad relationship. — tap to centre the map on it A book is not bad just because itscharacters have a bad relationship. Last stated 3 years ago 13 Aug 2023 SD Seth Dickinson — holds since 2023-08-13 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Floating-point printing and parsing algorithms are converging toward an optimal solution. Last stated 19 Jan 2026 · 10 months ago Holds Russ Cox Read this korrent →