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Everything filed under software quality software quality Everything filed under coding agents coding agents Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under code generation code generation Everything filed under management management Everything filed under behavioural science behavioural science Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: How much to test is an economic calculation a team should actually run, not a matter of principle. How much to test is an economiccalculation a team should actually run,not a matter of principle. Last stated 12 years ago 18 Nov 2014 DL Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: Write tests. Not too many. Mostly integration. — tap to centre the map on it Write tests. Not too many. Mostlyintegration. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Mar 2018 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2016-12-10 — tap for who they are KD Kent C. Dodds — holds since 2018-03-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Numbers offer a false precision: which metrics you choose to look at, and whether a five percent rise is good, are both art rather than science. — tap to centre the map on it Numbers offer a false precision:which metrics you choose to look at,and whether a five percent rise isgood, are both art rather thanscience. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Money decisions are fundamentally about emotion rather than numbers. — tap to centre the map on it Money decisions are fundamentallyabout emotion rather than numbers. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Jul 2026 JZ Jason Zweig — holds since 2026-07-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting one calculation take over a giving decision is disturbing, and there is still a strong case for it if you want your ethics to be principled and about other people. — tap to centre the map on it Letting one calculation take over agiving decision is disturbing, andthere is still a strong case for itif you want your ethics to beprincipled and about other people. Last stated 5 years ago 15 Feb 2022 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2022-02-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feedback should be a daily practice rather than a twice-yearly review, because the team that improves one percent a week overtakes the team that improves one percent a month. — tap to centre the map on it Feedback should be a daily practicerather than a twice-yearly review,because the team that improves onepercent a week overtakes the teamthat improves one percent a month. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Development should never be driven by tests: how much to test is an engineering decision to be costed project by project, not a methodology to adopt by default. — tap to centre the map on it Development should never be drivenby tests: how much to test is anengineering decision to be costedproject by project, not amethodology to adopt by default. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Aug 2026 CM Casey Muratori — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Team output is still what matters, however hard the industry pushes to measure individual output. — tap to centre the map on it Team output is still what matters,however hard the industry pushes tomeasure individual output. Last stated 2 months ago 12 Aug 2026 CM Charity Majors — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Giving something 60-40 odds and being wrong is not itself a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it Giving something 60-40 odds andbeing wrong is not itself a mistake. Last stated 4 years ago 1 Feb 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model can now port essentially any codebase from one programming language to another, work that used to take a team over a year. — tap to centre the map on it A model can now port essentially anycodebase from one programminglanguage to another, work that usedto take a team over a year. Last stated 3 months ago 27 Jul 2026 BC Boris Cherny — holds since 2026-07-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are the new compilers that compile intent into fast software. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are the new compilers thatcompile intent into fast software. Last stated a month ago 12 Sept 2026 GR Guillermo Rauch — holds since 2026-09-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI acceleration threatens 'less software': without the constraint of scarce hours, even 37signals will likely build too much. — tap to centre the map on it AI acceleration threatens 'lesssoftware': without the constraint ofscarce hours, even 37signals willlikely build too much. Last stated 3 months ago 26 Jul 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-07-26 — 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 7 months ago 19 Mar 2026 KP Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — 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: A coding-agent company should not train its own model: it has to stay neutral ground for models to compete on. — tap to centre the map on it A coding-agent company should nottrain its own model: it has to stayneutral ground for models to competeon. Last stated 2 months ago 3 Sept 2026 DR Dax Raad — holds since 2026-09-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A compiler that also serves an IDE has to be lazy and deferred throughout — a different way of building compilers from the one the textbooks teach. — tap to centre the map on it A compiler that also serves an IDEhas to be lazy and deferredthroughout — a different way ofbuilding compilers from the one thetextbooks teach. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction — tap to centre the map on it A new API framework that ignores howexisting apps were historicallybuilt undermines its ownintroduction Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are
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At the centre How much to test is an economic calculation a team should actually run, not a matter of principle. Last stated 18 Nov 2014 · 12 years ago Holds Dan Luu Read this korrent →