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Read this korrent: Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.
Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.
Last stated 9 months ago
15 Jan 2026
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Nikita Prokopov — holds since 2026-01-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The entire software stack should be rethought from first principles due to the transition to agent-led programming. — tap to centre the map on it
The entire software stack should be rethought from first principles due to the transition to agent-led programming.
Last stated today
5 Oct 2026
DH
David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-10-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Power over data belongs with end users rather than cloud operators, and software should be built to move it back to them. — tap to centre the map on it
Power over data belongs with end users rather than cloud operators, and software should be built to move it back to them.
Last stated 5 months ago
22 Apr 2026
MK
Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Build a new application as a monolith first, even when you are confident it will eventually need microservices. — tap to centre the map on it
Build a new application as a monolith first, even when you are confident it will eventually need microservices.
Last stated 11 years ago
3 Jun 2015
MF
Martin Fowler — holds since 2015-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance. — tap to centre the map on it
Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance.
Last stated 5 months ago
3 May 2026
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Yihui Xie — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a system that does the prompting for you is not a break with software history but the next rung on the same ladder of rising abstraction. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a system that does the prompting for you is not a break with software history but the next rung on the same ladder of rising abstraction.
Last stated 2 months ago
19 Aug 2026
AO
Addy Osmani — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data. — tap to centre the map on it
What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data.
Last stated 5 months ago
20 May 2026
AR
Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The front end of software work has already collapsed into rapid prototyping, and part of the outer loop will collapse next. — tap to centre the map on it
The front end of software work has already collapsed into rapid prototyping, and part of the outer loop will collapse next.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Mar 2026
NF
Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Kubernetes won because Docker had already won: it inherited the one container runtime the whole industry had agreed on, instead of shipping another. — tap to centre the map on it
Kubernetes won because Docker had already won: it inherited the one container runtime the whole industry had agreed on, instead of shipping another.
Last stated 4 months ago
3 Jun 2026
KH
Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible. — tap to centre the map on it
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Oct 2023
AH
Anton Howes — holds since 2023-10-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use. — tap to centre the map on it
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 4 months ago
2 Jun 2026
JJ
Justin Jackson — holds since 2026-06-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves. — tap to centre the map on it
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Last stated 2 months ago
21 Jul 2026
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Ruxandra Teslo — holds since 2026-07-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
CD
Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it
A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.
Last stated a month ago
4 Sept 2026
MW
Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help — tap to centre the map on it
Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help
Last stated 72 years ago
10 Dec 1954
EH
Ernest Hemingway — holds since 1954-12-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one. — tap to centre the map on it
A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
18 Sept 2026
RS
Robin Sloan — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement. — tap to centre the map on it
AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement.
Last stated a month ago
24 Aug 2026
JC
Jack Clark — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
Same subject: AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever. — tap to centre the map on it
AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever.
Last stated 6 months ago
10 Apr 2026
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Sam Altman — holds since 2026-04-10 — tap for who they are
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Local-first software will not become the dominant architecture, and that is an acceptable outcome.
Last stated 15 Jan 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Nikita Prokopov
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The entire software stack should be rethought from first principles due to the transition to agent-led programming.
Last stated 5 Oct 2026 · today
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
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Power over data belongs with end users rather than cloud operators, and software should be built to move it back to them.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Martin Kleppmann
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Build a new application as a monolith first, even when you are confident it will eventually need microservices.
Last stated 3 Jun 2015 · 11 years ago
Holds Martin Fowler
Similar wording
Software development will shift from centralized systems to highly personalized, proliferating software abundance.
Last stated 3 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Yihui Xie
Similar wording
Building a system that does the prompting for you is not a break with software history but the next rung on the same ladder of rising abstraction.
Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Addy Osmani
Similar wording
What trips up newcomers to Rust is not the code but the shape of their data.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 5 months ago
Holds Alice Ryhl
Similar wording
The front end of software work has already collapsed into rapid prototyping, and part of the outer loop will collapse next.
Last stated 22 Mar 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Nicole Forsgren
Similar wording
Kubernetes won because Docker had already won: it inherited the one container runtime the whole industry had agreed on, instead of shipping another.
Last stated 3 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Kelsey Hightower
Same subject: innovation
"Lots of anonymous people worked it out by trial and error" is never the real story of an invention: on closer investigation, identifiable people always turn out to be responsible.
Last stated 25 Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Anton Howes
Same subject: innovation
A business can have market fit, real advantages, and sustained effort behind a hard product and still fail if it doesn't give customers a strong enough reason to switch from what they already use.
Last stated 2 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Justin Jackson
Same subject: innovation
A capability existing is not the same as a capability being absorbed: how fast a technology changes the world is not set by how fast the technology improves.
Last stated 21 Jul 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ruxandra Teslo
Same subject: creativity
A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Cory Doctorow
Same subject: creativity
A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new.
Last stated 4 Sept 2026 · a month ago
Holds Matt Webb
Same subject: creativity
Because great writers already exist, a writer is driven past what has been done, to where no one can help
Last stated 10 Dec 1954 · 72 years ago
Holds Ernest Hemingway
Same subject: LLMs
A minor bust in the AI industry would be a good thing, not a bad one.
Last stated 18 Sept 2026 · 2 weeks ago
Holds Robin Sloan
Same subject: LLMs
AI capability progress in a given skill tends to arrive as a sudden phase change rather than as steady improvement.
Last stated 24 Aug 2026 · a month ago
Holds Jack Clark
Same subject: LLMs
AI represents the largest change to society in a very long time, perhaps ever.
Last stated 10 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Sam Altman