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Read this korrent: Most Mac and iOS app code should be written in a scripting language rather than Swift or Objective-C.
Most Mac and iOS app code should be written in a scripting language rather than Swift or Objective-C.
Last stated a year ago
28 Aug 2025
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Brent Simmons — holds since 2025-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language. — tap to centre the map on it
You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Replacing Objective-C code with Swift is clearly a win. — tap to centre the map on it
Replacing Objective-C code with Swift is clearly a win.
Last stated 9 months ago
18 Feb 2026
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Brent Simmons — holds since 2026-02-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The programming language is now English, and it is a more beautiful one than Ruby. — tap to centre the map on it
The programming language is now English, and it is a more beautiful one than Ruby.
Last stated 2 months ago
26 Aug 2026
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David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The language that actually delivered write-once-run-anywhere was not Java but JavaScript, because every new device turned out to ship a browser. — tap to centre the map on it
The language that actually delivered write-once-run-anywhere was not Java but JavaScript, because every new device turned out to ship a browser.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The problems of a programming language cannot be cleanly separated from the problems of its ecosystem and tooling. — tap to centre the map on it
The problems of a programming language cannot be cleanly separated from the problems of its ecosystem and tooling.
Last stated 4 years ago
13 Dec 2022
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Pouria — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Everything is becoming like Emacs, where nothing requires you to write elisp. — tap to centre the map on it
Everything is becoming like Emacs, where nothing requires you to write elisp.
Last stated 5 days ago
31 Oct 2026
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Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2026-10-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse. — tap to centre the map on it
Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Sept 2026
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Ben Vinegar — holds since 2026-09-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building a new app with Swift 6 from the start is easier than migrating an existing, released app to it. — tap to centre the map on it
Building a new app with Swift 6 from the start is easier than migrating an existing, released app to it.
Last stated 2 years ago
25 Feb 2025
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John Siracusa — holds since 2025-02-25 — 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 of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Last stated 8 months ago
19 Mar 2026
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Kris Puckett — holds since 2026-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand. — tap to centre the map on it
A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand.
Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Walden Yan — holds since 2026-04-22 — 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 from its mistakes the way a person does -- it repeats the same error indefinitely unless a human notices and writes it down.
Last stated 7 months ago
25 Mar 2026
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Mario Zechner — holds since 2026-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting. — tap to centre the map on it
A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle. — tap to centre the map on it
A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle.
Last stated 6 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages. — tap to centre the map on it
A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages.
Last stated 2 years ago
22 Mar 2025
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ThePrimeagen — holds since 2025-03-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language can keep changing without a Python-2-to-3 break, as long as code written under the old and the new rules can be mixed freely in one program. — tap to centre the map on it
A language can keep changing without a Python-2-to-3 break, as long as code written under the old and the new rules can be mixed freely in one program.
Last stated 6 months ago
20 May 2026
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Alice Ryhl — holds since 2026-05-20 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Certain programming languages are better suited for agents because strong types and annotations help models understand intent. — tap to centre the map on it
Certain programming languages are better suited for agents because strong types and annotations help models understand intent.
Last stated 8 months ago
8 Mar 2026
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Rui Carmo — holds since 2026-03-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Kubernetes is an essential skill for data scientists and ML engineers to learn — tap to centre the map on it
Kubernetes is an essential skill for data scientists and ML engineers to learn
Last stated 5 years ago
13 Sept 2021
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Chip Huyen — holds since 2020-10-11 — tap for who they are
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Chip Huyen — no longer holds since 2021-09-13 — tap for who they are
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Most Mac and iOS app code should be written in a scripting language rather than Swift or Objective-C.
Last stated 28 Aug 2025 · a year ago
Holds Brent Simmons
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You cannot be best of breed in an ecosystem by telling its developers to write in a different programming language.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
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Replacing Objective-C code with Swift is clearly a win.
Last stated 18 Feb 2026 · 9 months ago
Holds Brent Simmons
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The programming language is now English, and it is a more beautiful one than Ruby.
Last stated 26 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds David Heinemeier Hansson
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The language that actually delivered write-once-run-anywhere was not Java but JavaScript, because every new device turned out to ship a browser.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
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The problems of a programming language cannot be cleanly separated from the problems of its ecosystem and tooling.
Last stated 13 Dec 2022 · 4 years ago
Holds Pouria
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Everything is becoming like Emacs, where nothing requires you to write elisp.
Last stated 31 Oct 2026 · 5 days ago
Holds Thomas Ptacek
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Software only gets good by being used a lot by the people building it, so time spent inside coding agents instead of the app is time that makes the app worse.
Last stated 6 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Ben Vinegar
Similar wording
Building a new app with Swift 6 from the start is easier than migrating an existing, released app to it.
Last stated 25 Feb 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds John Siracusa
Same subject: coding agents
"I don't know" becomes a kind of superpower when you can work with Claude Code to figure things out.
Last stated 19 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Kris Puckett
Same subject: coding agents
A code-review agent works best with a clean context, sharing nothing with the coding agent beforehand.
Last stated 22 Apr 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Walden Yan
Same subject: coding agents
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.
Last stated 25 Mar 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Mario Zechner
Same subject: compilers
A compiler that names every place a change breaks turns refactoring into fixing errors until the compiler stops shouting.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Alice Ryhl
Same subject: compilers
A programming language is not a compiler but an experience: editing, running, debugging and the runtime library all have to fit together as one cycle.
Last stated 13 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Anders Hejlsberg
Same subject: compilers
A speed difference between languages that share the LLVM backend measures the benchmark author, not the languages.
Last stated 22 Mar 2025 · 2 years ago
Holds ThePrimeagen
Same subject: Python
A language can keep changing without a Python-2-to-3 break, as long as code written under the old and the new rules can be mixed freely in one program.
Last stated 20 May 2026 · 6 months ago
Holds Alice Ryhl
Same subject: Python
Certain programming languages are better suited for agents because strong types and annotations help models understand intent.
Last stated 8 Mar 2026 · 8 months ago
Holds Rui Carmo
Same subject: Python
Kubernetes is an essential skill for data scientists and ML engineers to learn
Last stated 13 Sept 2021 · 5 years ago
No longer holds Chip Huyen