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17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 May 2003 to 6 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under humility humility Everything filed under SaaS SaaS Everything filed under software performance software performance Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Great software requires a fanatical devotion to beauty: the parts no one is supposed to see should be beautiful too, because unseen details become visible in the aggregate. Great software requires a fanaticaldevotion to beauty: the parts no one issupposed to see should be beautiful too,because unseen details become visible inthe aggregate. Last stated 23 years ago 1 May 2003 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2003-05-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Developing taste for software requires real-world experiences like brunch with friends, old movies and records, and observing city architecture. — tap to centre the map on it Developing taste for softwarerequires real-world experiences likebrunch with friends, old movies andrecords, and observing cityarchitecture. Last stated 3 weeks ago 27 Sept 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: The best software developers are too keen to downplay their own talent, in their eagerness to look humble. — tap to centre the map on it The best software developers are tookeen to downplay their own talent,in their eagerness to look humble. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Aug 2023 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2023-08-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Caring about the software is necessary to be excited about making it with agents. — tap to centre the map on it Caring about the software isnecessary to be excited about makingit with agents. Last stated 2 weeks ago 6 Oct 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty is a valuable asset that is being lost in favor of pure functionality. — tap to centre the map on it Beauty is a valuable asset that isbeing lost in favor of purefunctionality. Last stated 4 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 ZM Zvi Mowshowitz — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: When beauty is the guiding principle, a product is forced to be simpler, into something most people would understand. — tap to centre the map on it When beauty is the guidingprinciple, a product is forced to besimpler, into something most peoplewould understand. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty is agency: a thing is beautiful because it has agency, not because of how it looks. — tap to centre the map on it Beauty is agency: a thing isbeautiful because it has agency, notbecause of how it looks. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Sept 2023 NO Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Most people will keep paying for software rather than build and maintain their own. — tap to centre the map on it Most people will keep paying forsoftware rather than build andmaintain their own. Last stated a year ago 7 Oct 2025 NE Nat Eliason — holds since 2025-10-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness, because not breaking flow is an axiom of great tools. — tap to centre the map on it Fast software is not always goodsoftware, but slow software israrely able to rise to greatness,because not breaking flow is anaxiom of great tools. Last stated 7 years ago 1 Jul 2019 CM Craig Mod — holds since 2019-07-01 — 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 failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG 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 smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW 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 offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone with a product vision to recover — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone with aproduct vision to recover Last stated 4 years ago 5 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should define what great looks like for its own role rather than borrow another company's definition. — tap to centre the map on it A company should define what greatlooks like for its own role ratherthan borrow another company'sdefinition. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Great software requires a fanatical devotion to beauty: the parts no one is supposed to see should be beautiful too, because unseen details become visible in the aggregate. Last stated 1 May 2003 · 23 years ago Holds Paul Graham Read this korrent →