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Read this korrent: Monitoring tools that do periodic work can themselves cause the latency outliers they were installed to diagnose.
Monitoring tools that do periodic work can themselves cause the latency outliers they were installed to diagnose.
Last stated a year ago
3 Aug 2025
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Brendan Gregg — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges. — tap to centre the map on it
Automated tooling that works nearly all the time still imposes an ongoing maintenance cost, because it breaks unpredictably at the edges.
Last stated 6 years ago
25 Aug 2020
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2020-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A profiler measures time already spent in an operation, not how much time would be saved by optimizing it. — tap to centre the map on it
A profiler measures time already spent in an operation, not how much time would be saved by optimizing it.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Dec 2023
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Nelson Elhage — holds since 2023-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A tool's speed comes primarily from its design decisions rather than the programming language it is written in. — tap to centre the map on it
A tool's speed comes primarily from its design decisions rather than the programming language it is written in.
Last stated 10 months ago
29 Dec 2025
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Aaron Patterson — holds since 2025-12-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Optimizing for programmer productivity is more valuable than optimizing for computer efficiency — tap to centre the map on it
Optimizing for programmer productivity is more valuable than optimizing for computer efficiency
Last stated 2 years ago
6 Sept 2024
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2024-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Performance-related command-line flags represent qualitative changes to restartability, buffering, or concurrency, not levels on a continuous performance dial. — tap to centre the map on it
Performance-related command-line flags represent qualitative changes to restartability, buffering, or concurrency, not levels on a continuous performance dial.
Last stated 2 months ago
23 Aug 2026
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Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Profilers show where time is spent but not which of that time can feasibly be reduced or is worth optimizing. — tap to centre the map on it
Profilers show where time is spent but not which of that time can feasibly be reduced or is worth optimizing.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Dec 2023
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Nelson Elhage — holds since 2023-12-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Using a dependency carries ongoing maintenance costs, not just upfront convenience — tap to centre the map on it
Using a dependency carries ongoing maintenance costs, not just upfront convenience
Last stated 4 years ago
17 May 2022
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Thorsten Ball — holds since 2022-05-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A coding AI that integrates only with its own vendor's tools will be very limited compared with one that draws on all the tools you use. — tap to centre the map on it
A coding AI that integrates only with its own vendor's tools will be very limited compared with one that draws on all the tools you use.
Last stated 3 years ago
16 Mar 2024
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Quinn Slack — holds since 2024-03-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship. — tap to centre the map on it
A developer using AI coding tools remains responsible for reviewing the code they ship.
Last stated 8 months ago
10 Mar 2026
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Jon Seager — holds since 2026-03-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A software engineer who is not using a tool like Cursor is working at half productivity or worse. — tap to centre the map on it
A software engineer who is not using a tool like Cursor is working at half productivity or worse.
Last stated a year ago
18 Aug 2025
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Bret Taylor — holds since 2025-08-18 — tap for who they are
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